Philosophy asks if free will is real. Neuroscience reveals why the answer is more complicated than we expected.

If the people controlling AI are biased, the output will also be. Free speech scholar Jacob Mchangama makes the case for completely open-source AI.

Language is a huge part of human development, even the language we keep to ourselves. Three experts explain how words and beliefs can change our brains and our lives:

"One of the largest mitigating factors against getting traumatized is who is there for you at that particular time."

Sleeping better helps you think better, which helps you live better. Three experts explain why quality sleep is imperative to brain function, problem solving, communication, and more.

“This is a world in which we've essentially given ourselves the tools to stop the construction of the most important product in American lives in the places where Americans often most want to move.”

“We can have that fight for a 1,000 years, but we could have a shot at figuring out what we both need and noticing when there's opportunities to make that happen.”

“The sexual excitation system is the accelerator or the gas pedal, and it notices all the sex-related information in the environment.”

“The idea of evolution by natural selection is, for me, probably the most beautiful idea in biology.”

Astrobiologist Betül Kaçar on why the simple act of asking questions (without needing a reason) is one of the most powerful things a human can do.

“All information technologies up to the 21st century were organic networks based on our organic brain.”

"One of the ways you can see the Roman Empire is it's the worldwide web of its day."

“So many things could have happened in a different way that we wouldn't be here at all, both individually, for sure, and certainly as a species.”

The ocean is evolving, and it’s not based on the ‘survival of the fittest.’ Astrobiologist Betül Kaçar explains how it’s not competition that has kept the ocean alive, but collaboration.

Why do we fall in love with one person over another? The late biological anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher unpacks the evolutionary roots of romantic love, sex, and attachment.  Using research […]