Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

Ever seen your doggo gazing into the mirror? Apparently, it's a real hit in the house animal kingdom. People are sharing the ...

The standard test of self-awareness is being able to recognize ourselves in a mirror. Although chimpanzees pass this test with flying colors, gorillas have inconsistent results. Dogs flunk by treating ...

One winter several years ago, I conducted one of my weekend retreats at a conference center in western Massachusetts. When I arrived, I heard about another retreat being offered there the same weekend ...

Animals and AI are exhibiting behaviours that blur the lines of instinct, intelligence, and awareness. New scientific models, like a five-dimension framework for animal consciousness, reveal a wider ...