Is the scientific method really the best approach to learning about the world? A new paper in Collective Intelligence applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that ...

Some say we’ve entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery. But human insight and creativity still can’t be ...

In 1989, a man named Bob Lazar claimed he worked at a sub-facility near Groom Lake called “S-4," where he saw nine alien flying saucers powered by an undiscovered “Element 115". His claims were later ...

For about 15 minutes, “Cold Storage” manages to balance on a tonal tightrope, showing off as tense yet fun. The audience ...

Casimir cavities are mysterious spaces between microscopic metal plates in a vacuum. Areas of diminished energy between the plates cause them to push toward each other, as if trying to fill the ...

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Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

AI-driven autonomous robots are coming to biology laboratories, but researchers insist that human skills remain essential.