Animals have evolved some truly bizarre behaviors, and even after decades of research and the aid of modern technology, scientists still don't fully understand many of them. Some actions appear based ...

This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ views on scientists and scientific research. Why did we do this? Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers ...

What does it take to make AI that can pass as human? Try massive clusters of supercomputers. To build human-like intelligence, computer scientists think big. However, for neuroscientists who want to ...

It would seem that communication among animals is easy. For instance, a bark may be used to warn of danger, and a call may be used to bring the group together. The communication appears to be easy and ...

Humanity is about to learn if we have moved closer to self–destruction as the Doomsday Clock is updated. The new time for the symbolic timepiece, which ticks closer to midnight as we approach ...