The Twin Earth thought experiment argues that meaning and reality depend not just on what we think, but on the physical world ...

A thought experiment about restarting life with future knowledge explores whether avoiding past mistakes would lead to a better life or erase the one you know entirely.

In a series of tea party-like experiments, Johns Hopkins University researchers demonstrate for the first time that apes can ...

Scientists showed for the first time that apes can use their imagination and play pretend, an ability previously thought to ...

A new study shows a bonobo can track pretend juice and grapes, suggesting apes also have imagination, not only humans.

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Physicists have watched a quantum fluid do something once thought almost impossible: stop moving. In experiments with ...

Given that bonobos are endangered in their home of the Democratic Republic of Congo, he added, “My hope is that that kind of ...

In A Nutshell Kanzi, a 43-year-old bonobo, successfully tracked pretend juice poured between empty cups, choosing the correct ...

Dollander will be the litmus test. Drafted ninth overall out of the University of Tennessee in 2023, Dollander made his debut ...

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