New research suggests that the most ancient evolutionary parts of the brain could be contributing to consciousness.

Participants in a new study were more likely to cheat when delegating to AI—especially if they could encourage machines to ...

Handing off a task to an artificial intelligence system creates a psychological distance that encourages unethical behavior.

Can AI not just analyze human behavior, but interact with it, shape it, and outperform people at tasks we thought only humans ...

Animal rights advocates want to know why the National Institutes of Health quietly approved millions in new funding for ...

The measurement problem in quantum mechanics looks at how an experimental outcome changes, simply by observing it.

How human activities negatively affect urban red squirrels' problem-solving skills and potentially their chances of thriving ...

To estimate the weight of a rock, you pick it up. Is it rough, or smooth? You run a finger over it. We're constantly gathering information through our sense of touch, which is closely connected to how ...

An eye-opening experiment on cephalopods reinforces why it is so important for us not to underestimate animal intelligence. A study published in 2021 presented cuttlefish with a new version of the ...

Chimpanzee Consumption of Boozy Fruit May Illuminate Roots of Humanity’s Love of Alcohol ...

A large study across 13 experiments with over 8,000 participants shows that people are far more likely to act dishonestly when they can delegate tasks to AI rather than do them themselves.

This important work examines how microexons contribute to brain activity, structure, and behavior. The authors find that loss of microexon sequences generally has subtle impacts on these metrics in ...