Our genetic heritage is not a blueprint or an algorithm, as many biologists have imagined, but something else entirely.

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A recent study has revealed that specific patterns of gene activity serve as a hidden map that guides the complex wiring of ...

Every time a search engine ranks results, a social media feed recommends content, or a navigation app finds the quickest ...

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Could jellyfish could reduce plastic pollution?

Company says work on Paul Erdős planar unit distance problem shows advance in AI reasoning OpenAI has claimed a further advance in AI reasoning after its technology successfully tackled an 80-year-old ...

Most drones rely on GPS and powerful computers to find their way around. That makes them heavy, expensive, and power-hungry, basically not practical for anything small.

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

The person who should have been best able to explain how we got here was the great German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, who ...