After recently writing about Singularity in this column, I felt it was time to address the elephant in the room – the difference between Artificial Intelligence and Human Consciousness in the Age of ...

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In the Touch & Tickle Lab, we invite participants to experience Hektor, the tickle robot, in the name of scientific progress. In a typical visit, participants remove their shoes and socks and then ...

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The Iñupiat people of Alaska have long said that bowhead whales live two human lifetimes. That oral knowledge turned out to ...

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Evolutionary theory has revolutionized the way we understand humans – yet more than a century after Darwin's ideas reshaped ...

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A slew of biosensors recorded surprising changes in her brain and body that suggest sensory deprivation can reveal more about ...

MDI Bio Lab scientists discover how the fish solves a basic challenge in regenerative biology-insights in their newest ...

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment.