Many of us would probably like to forget sitting through math classes in school. But let’s briefly travel back, just for a ...

A new approach to simulating biologically inspired robotics can cut the design and training of tactile robots from eighteen months to two weeks, new research suggests. Published in Cyborg & Bionic ...

Researchers have found that the size of the amygdala—a region of the brain involved in processing emotions—could be linked to ...

A new study suggests AI systems could be a lot more efficient. Researchers were able to shrink an AI vision model to 1/1000th of its original size.

While the blue whale holds the title as both the largest and heaviest animal ever known, other whale species can weigh ...

Researchers use compressed AI models to discover "dot-detecting" neurons in the macaque visual cortex, offering a new path for Alzheimer’s therapy.

Learn more about the cutting-edge technology that enables 3D printing inside living cells and what that means for the ...

In A Nutshell Elephant whiskers have “physical intelligence”: Three built-in gradients (geometry, porosity, and stiffness) ...

Born as a simple gesture with the hands, rock-paper-scissors is today a global phenomenon. The popular hand game is used ...

We asked 20 notable people about their gifting philosophies, gifting nightmares, the best gifts under $25, and much more. We’ll be publishing each of their questionnaires now through December 23 in ...

Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and bigger brains. Via a process called encephalization, human brains evolved ...

Fee-fi-fo-fum! It may not make a great deal of grammatical sense, but this phrase is certain to conjure up mental images of magic beans, rampant beanstalks and one very angry giant. Colossal-sized ...