But there’s nothing supernatural about how snakes move. So how exactly do they get around without legs? They do it by ...

What gives you goosebumps? Person 1: Touching corduroy with the back of my hand. Person 2: Biting into cold fruit. It sort of ...

The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit ...

Stanford scientist Fei-Fei Li talks about teaching machines to see as humans do, the US-China AI arms race, and what worries ...

After a few easy prompts to get them started, Michele Malesyzk warns her daughter: This next one’s going to be tough. “ANG,” says Maleszyk, emphasizing the three sounds in the one blended sound found ...

A recent special issue of Philosophical Transactions B takes on one of the biggest mysteries in science: how life first began ...

An academic has used ten of Iris Murdoch’s novels and some newly discovered poems to illuminate scientific concepts.

Many climate scientists call our current epoch the “Anthropocene” — the first human-driven climate era. Many technologists ...

Dear Eric: My very best friend of 40 years and I had a falling out last year. Prior to that, we’ve shared so many experiences – vacations, holidays, family get-togethers. Not sure what exactly was the ...

Humans have the cognitive capacity to infer and reason about the minds and thoughts of other people. Our brains are very good at it—much better than the Large Language Models or LLMs.  Although LLMs ...

Insects that tuck away their wings using origami creases have inspired foldable structures for drones and solar panels that ...