A little over a decade ago, AI researchers Joel Lehman and Kenneth O. Stanley set small robots fitted with sensors loose in a ...

Running a booming lemon stand in Sell Lemons is a great way to make cash, but what hides beneath the surface? Drop down the manhole to discover a secret sewer maze filled with levers, twists, and dead ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...

Know how to get the most out of your predictive tools. by Michael Luca, Jon Kleinberg and Sendhil Mullainathan Most managers’ jobs involve making predictions. When HR specialists decide whom to hire, ...

Machine learning is the ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results. Machine learning methods enable computers to learn without being explicitly programmed and have ...

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...

Twelve remote entry-level jobs pay at least $25 an hour, backed by current Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The post 12 ...