Richard van Oort takes a look at intelligence and its role in the existential threats that our civilization currently faces.
The second law of infodynamics seems to add credence to the idea that the world we live in isn't actually real.
Toby Ord's 2020 book painted a grim picture of humanity's chances this century, but just how accurate is his prediction ?
Pareidolia is the brain's tendency to perceive meaningful shapes in abstract patterns, such as seeing faces in the clouds.
Consciousness remains a fascinating enigma and the scientific community is unable to agree upon any one theory.
Physicists at CERN have conducted a major new experiment to find out whether antimatter falls up or down.
The nature of consciousness and whether or not it pervades the entire universe has long remained a topic of debate.
Scientists have identified a virus that lives in the sediment some 8,900 meters beneath the surface of the ocean.
The new AI can determine the likelihood that a sample is biological by 90% - but nobody is quite sure exactly how it works.
In a world first, scientists have succeeded in recovering RNA molecules from a preserved Tasmanian tiger specimen.
Psychologists Akira O'Connor and Christopher Moulin explain their research into the mysterious feeling of jamais vu.
The discovery - the largest of its kind ever made - could provide the world with enough lithium to build batteries for decades.
Scientist Kristin Omberg takes a look at nanoparticles and how they could shape our future... for better or worse.
Folk remedies have been around for as long as human society, but do they still have a place in the 21st-Century ?
If you spent months cut off from the outside world, would you be able to tell if it was even day or night ?
Neurophysiologist Par Halje looks at how research into psychedelics could help us understand consciousness.
The idea of harvesting solar energy in space and returning it to the Earth has been around for decades.
The popular 1980s movie robot has been brought back to life thanks to the tireless efforts of Ryan Howard.
Scientist Andrew Glikson outlines the case for a 520km-wide crater situated deep beneath modern-day Australia.
A professor of molecular biogerontology has indicated that humans could potentially live for much longer than we do now.