A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

Once you put people into categorical boxes, you are inviting them to see history as a zero-sum conflict between this group ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

This video shows what happens when someone pretends to speak a foreign language during casual conversations. It captures ...

You might think a honey bee foraging in your garden and a browser window running ChatGPT have nothing in common. But recent ...

Research shows that the arts support children’s development through visual, aural, language, and movement modes, offering a ...

SIMA 2 is a more general agent. It can complete complex tasks in previously unseen environments. And it's a self-improving ...

A vast study suggests that being multilingual can slow down cognitive ageing. Speaking multiple languages could slow down ...

Announced today, SIMA 2 builds on the release of DeepMind’s original video game-playing agent SIMA, which stands for ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t ...

“Learning a new language is like working out your brain,” said Jennifer Wittmeyer, a cognitive neuroscientist at ...

Kevin Durant is standing at the free-throw line. It's the closing act of Rockets practice, and the slender 37-year-old is ...