New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred ...

Ten years ago, I would have turned my nose up at the idea that we already understood how to get machines to think. In the 2010s, my team at Google Research was working on a wide variety of ...

For more than a century, scientists have treated the brain as the undisputed command center of human evolution, with the rest ...

Groundbreaking research reveals that human microbes can trigger genetic brain activity in other species, suggesting our ...

As a child, I was captivated by the promise of personal computers, mesmerized by the glow of light, full of potential ideas radiating from the screen. That fascination ignited a lifelong passion for ...

The study of human evolution and comparative anatomy bridges palaeontology, biomechanics and evolutionary biology to elucidate the origins of our unique anatomy. Recent analyses have shed new light on ...

In the new Prime documentary series “Octopus!” actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge spends an hour and a half narrating a story about an octopus named Doris that sets out on her own, falls in love and ...

For generations, our education system has been built on a simple formula: Learn the rules, master the mechanics, memorize the facts. Go to school, get the information, then go out and apply it in the ...