A team of researchers used a massive dance video dataset and advanced AI models to map how the human brain interprets dance, revealing striking differences between experts and nonexperts.

Humans have long wondered when and how we begin to form thoughts. Are we born with a pre-configured brain, or do thought ...

Robots that can sense and respond to the world like humans may soon be a reality as scientists have created an artificial ...

In a break from our normal practice, Ars is publishing this helpful guide to knowing how to prompt the "human brain," should you encounter one during your daily routine. Human prompt engineering is an ...

Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on canvas so differently.When you look at an abstract painting, study it for a ...

Recently, Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, whose company builds the chips powering today’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems, remarked: “The thing that’s really, really quite amazing is the ...

When leaving an atoll of the Marshall Islands, in the Pacific, Alson Kelen prefers to sail after sunset. It’s like navigating ...

I used to tell my classes the old joke about the different body parts fighting over primacy of the body. It relates arguments between the brain, the heart, the stomach, ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

Every scientist sees the world through the lens of their discipline. A geologist touches a rock and reads time, a virologist peers at a public handrail with considerable mistrust. When I look out at ...