Common sense might not be so common after all, new research has found. What one person might consider common sense might be very different to someone else, a new study in the journal Proceedings of ...

A few years ago, a computer scientist named Yejin Choi gave a presentation at an artificial-intelligence conference in New Orleans. On a screen, she projected a frame from a newscast where two anchors ...

Throughout human history, survival and the formation of complex societies have heavily depended on knowledge. Equally crucial are the assumptions about what others perceive as true or false, namely ...

Dannagal G. Young was a co-investigator on an NIH grant that provided funding for one of the studies referenced in this piece. It’s “the revolution of common ...

Professor, English and the Institute for the Comparative Study of Literature, Art, and Culture; Academic Director, Re.Climate: Centre for Climate Communication and Public Engagement, Carleton ...

The idea of "common sense" has been central to American politics since the founding of the United States. Politicians still use the phrase all the time — perhaps none more so than Donald Trump. The ...

This story originally published on Oct. 22, 2025. The idea of "common sense" has been central to American politics since the founding of the United States. Politicians still use the phrase all the ...

When pressed by White House reporters to explain what he thought caused the recent deadly midair collision between a military helicopter and a commercial airline, President Donald Trump blamed the ...