Fei-Fei Li, Yann LeCun, Demis Hassabis and others are pushing for AIs that learn world models, to plan & predict accurately. Neuroscientists have known for decades that our brains must be doing this

This Ocean Photographer of the Year finalist image looks meticulously staged. It wasn't.

The Vikings are coming.

Simply magnificent.

When DeGeneres posted her A-list snap at the 2014 Academy Awards, it made a splash. But it was probably the end of monoculture – and now we’re all alone in our TikTok bubbles

From sacred rituals to fleeting moments of survival, the winning images from the latest Travel Photographer of the Year competition have been announced.

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The Oscar-winning actor and style icon was also a prolific photographer, collector and curator whose lifelong fascination with images revealed a sharp, singular way of seeing the world

“Episodes” in memory are formed by the experience of dynamic events that unfold over time. However, just because a series of events unfold sequentiall…

Philosopher John Searle, well-known for his work on philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, has died. John Searle wrote extensively consciousness and the mind, intentionality, and speech act th...

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Nigel Richards, a Scrabble prodigy from New Zealand, has once again proven his uncanny ability to master the game in a foreign language. Despite not …

A new study reveals how humans instinctively calculate who to gossip with by weighing popularity and social distance.

The historic parallels that help explain Elon Musk’s rampage on the federal government.

For many people, A.I. may be bringing the age of traditional text to an end.

Turkish rock band Duman's song 'Kufi' has been embraced by protesters in Istanbul and Ankara after the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu

Ekrem Imamoglu’s supporters have chosen him to run anyway

Anger over detention of Ekrem Imamoğlu becomes a touchstone for opposing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Large protests are kicking off at dozens of national parks across the country, including Yosemite in California.

By screening films in a brain scanner, neuroscientists discovered a rich library of neural scripts — from a trip through an airport to a marriage proposal — that form scaffolds for memories of our exp...

A Thousand National Park Staff Lose Jobs Today

The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science is a new, multidisciplinary guide to understanding the mind: a freely-available, growing collection of peer-reviewed articles introducing key topics to a bro...

Vittorio Sella's work shaped both mountain photography and mountaineering history.

Nope, it’s not IQ, EQ, or adaptability.

<p> The International Center for Consciousness Studies establishes the Dennett Prize—an annual prize that is awarded to an outstanding scholar whose research has significantly advanced the und...

World Sports Photography Awards reveals the most inspiring images from the world of sports today. Here's who took the top honors.

All but one member of the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution (JHE), an Elsevier title, have resigned, saying the “sustained actions of Elsevier are fundamentally incompatible with th…

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