We've been trained to 'see something, say something' about danger. What if we did the same for what's good? It takes 10 seconds, and the research says the giver benefits most.

A brief pulse of ultrasound can gently influence a split second decision by stimulating a small brain area linked to eye movements.

The former APS president asked ChatGPT to describe its implicit biases. Its answer steered her research in a whole new ...

According to a study recently published in the journal Animal Behaviour, canine companions not only attempt to “help” humans in certain situations,and their actions largely mirror the same responses ...

Forcing an AI system to “play nice” does not automatically make people cooperate. In one set of simulations, it barely moved the needle.

New evidence suggests a rare triplet superconductor may help quantum computers stay in sync by preserving electron spin ...

The researchers found they could hack the AI’s creativity by turning this knob. As they cranked the temperature up, the ...

His work with his colleague Richard Ryan changed how psychologists understand human motivation and what people require to ...

Reading Virginia Woolf in 2026 feels like an answer to a widespread cultural yearning to reclaim our fleeting attention spans ...

A new cross-cultural study reveals that people living in societies with strict social norms are less skilled at creating humor. This suggests that comedic ability is heavily shaped by our cultural ...

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have identified the true source of a magnetic effect seen in the material ruthenium dioxide (RuO₂), helping resolve an active debate in the ...

Tiny pits, webbing patterns, and a dusting of nanoparticles are not what most people picture when they think about farming.