Computer scientist Alan Turing first posed this question in his landmark 1950 paper, though he didn’t use the term artificial ...

In a striking blend of scientific insight and evolutionary speculation, Professor Tim Coulson of the University of ...

The idea of life on Earth without humans may seem like science fiction, but it has become the subject of serious scientific ...

"Consciousness," although challenging to define, can be thought of as a first-person awareness of one's surroundings and oneself. You sense the world through your eyes, nose, ears and hands, and track ...

Artificial intelligence has painted a startling picture of human evolution, suggesting that by the year 3025, our species could bear little resemblance to its current form. Prolonged digital immersion ...

A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that the relatively high rate of autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in the past. The paper is titled "A general ...