AI promised humanlike machines – in 1958
A roomsize computer equipped with a new type of circuitry, the Perceptron, was introduced to…
What is IVF? A nurse explains the evolving science and legality of in vitro fertilization
Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022 ended the federal right to…
How climate change is messing up the ocean’s biological clock, with unknown long-term consequences
Every year in the mid-latitudes of the planet, a peculiar phenomenon known as the phytoplankton…
What ended the ‘dark ages’ in the early universe? New Webb data just brought us closer to solving the mystery
About 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the cosmos was a very dark place. The…
Understanding how the brain works can transform how school students learn maths
School mathematics teaching is stuck in the past. An adult revisiting the school that they…
Losing their tails provided our ape ancestors with an evolutionary advantage – but we’re still paying the price
Put the word “evolution” into Google images and the results are largely variations on one…
Anyone can play Tetris, but architects, engineers and animators alike use the math concepts underlying the game
With its bright colors, easy-to-learn rules and familiar music, the video game Tetris has endured…
Mental fatigue has psychological triggers − new research suggests challenging goals can head it off
Do you ever feel spacey, distracted and worn down toward the end of a long…
Should you be checking your kid’s phone? How to know when your child is ready for ‘phone privacy’
Smartphone ownership among younger children is increasing rapidly. Many primary school children now own smartphones…
Pop music is haunted by our anxieties about the future
In 2011, pop music scholar Simon Reynolds was already observing pop culture’s fascination with its…