Before we can test for AI consciousness, we need to understand how consciousness actually emerges, experts say.

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Astronomers at the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have reported the first radio detection from interstellar object ...

Goyal said he hopes the questions “spark global research” far beyond what he personally can fund — adding that he plans to ...

Urban raccoons are developing significantly shorter snouts than their rural cousins. This suggests that raccoons are entering ...

At the turn of the century, it sounded as if string theory could give us big answers about the universe. Well… has it?

A new study from the University of Glasgow shows that it may be able to reset the disease to a non-diabetic state in some ...

The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit ...