The throat of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans might seem like an odd place for exploring the complexity of life's mechanisms, until one realizes how much information has been collected on these ...

The American Psychological Association has published research telling phone texters to write words properly if they want to come across as honest and worth replying to.People who text abbreviations ...

There is a legitimate concern that unregulated forms of self-experimentation may not involve this important safeguard when members of the public experiment on themselves. Reasonable risk to the ...

Security, infrastructure, sustainability, and bias are all problems with generative AI, according to NTT Data’s Global GenAI ...

A new study explores how robots can model and test aspects of the human sense of self, offering new insights into this complex phenomenon.

In a review paper published recently in Science Robotics a cognitive roboticist, cognitive psychologist and a psychiatrist discuss the concept of “sense of self” in humans, and they explore how robots ...

Recent research found that female brains are more resistant to anesthetics, regaining consciousness and cognition faster than ...

A San Jose pilot program could create up to 30 temporary and 10 permanent tow-away zones near schools, parks, waterways and ...

The true, forgotten and sometimes-stinky history of the cohort who took Alexander Fleming's innovation and forever changed ...

Fermium studies indicate nuclear shell effects diminish as nuclear mass increases, emphasizing macroscopic influences in ...

In a recent article, researchers detailed the synthesis and characterization of a novel pour point depressant (P-PPD) ...

What happens to animals when their friends are stressed? Is it possible to document the spread of stress within groups of ...