Since even before John Scopes’ famous “monkey trial” in 1925, the acceptance of evolution in American schoolhouses has been uneasy. Elsewhere, however, Charles Darwin’s famous theory is taught with ...

For a long time, evolutionary biologists have thought that the genetic mutations that drive the evolution of genes and ...

Key points A type of information processing called unlimited associative learning (UAL) may be necessary and sufficient for very basic sentience. UAL is a form of domain-general, open-ended learning ...

Dr. Chaniece Winfield explains how modern addiction education prioritizes real-world application, ethical understanding, and ...

Major tech companies have actively reoriented themselves around AI and machine learning: Google is now “AI-first,” Uber has ML running through its veins and internal AI research labs keep popping up.

Richard A. Watson receives funding from DSTL and EPSRC. Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution offers an explanation for why biological organisms seem so well designed to live on our planet. This ...

Creationists are right—in some cases. They are not right that the world is only 6,000 years old, nor that our species descended from two innocent ancestors in an Iraqi garden. They are not right when ...

Understanding the biological basis of consciousness or subjective experience is one of the most exciting and challenging projects of this century. For many reasons, an evolutionary approach to this ...