Unorthodox biologist Michael Levin says cognition lies on a spectrum and that what humans perceive as consciousness could ...

Through Realbotix's lip sync technology and Hollo.AI’s character-based AI personality engine technology, a robot was able to ...

Scientists have found a way to study early embryonic development without real embryos. Using CRISPR, they programmed stem cells to self-organize into structures mimicking early embryos. The cells show ...

Once upon a time, science communication was a niche hobby, reserved for the rare few who could translate lab jargon into ...

According to current theories of expertise, this shouldn’t happen. Becoming an expert in chess, for example, makes you better at chess but not anything else. But our findings suggest that becoming an ...

Scientists took 10 years to figure out how one type of superbug gains its ability to infect diverse bacterial species. When ...

“We will close NASA's Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility branch in the Office of Diversity and ...

NASA told its staff Monday that the space agency will start cutting its ranks − including the office of its chief scientist − as part of a "broader governmentwide restructuring effort." ...

The sudden upheaval has led to anxiety among researchers, especially young scientists relying on NIH grants. When Noah Carrillo graduated in January with his Ph.D., he was optimistic about the ...

She spoke to New Scientist about what advanced quantum machines might look like, the astounding benefits they could bring and how we can work towards making them a reality.

In a new study, published in the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club and led by a BirdLife scientist, a colourful honeyeater has been described from the little-known island of Babar in ...

Scientists are still searching for definitive proof to explain this strange effect. So, why does the Moon look larger on the horizon? We don’t have a final answer yet — but the mystery continues to ...