People Are More Likely to Cheat When They Use AI
Participants in a new study were more likely to cheat when delegating to AI—especially if they could encourage machines to break rules without explicitly asking for it
A Composer’s ‘Brain’ Makes Music Years after His Death
A museum exhibit in Australia lets visitors hear music generated by brain cells derived from the blood of a dead composer.
Scientists Take on Taylor Swift’s Linguistic Eras
An analysis of Taylor Swift’s interviews suggests her speech pattern has changed over her career
Good Conversations Don’t Require Everybody to Agree, Neuroscience Shows
Brain imaging is illuminating the patterns linked to productive, positive dialogue, and those insights could help people connect with others
We Can Stop Teen Suicide
By understanding warning signs and talking to your child, parents can help reduce the risk of teen suicide
Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Research Shows
President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have tied Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiencies to rising autism rates—but the evidence is thin
Writing in Your Books Is Good for Your Brain—Here’s Why
Annotating the margins of books is an important part of deep reading and has a long legacy of merit in both science and literature
Genetics Can Track How Languages Mixed in the Past
New research shows that wherever human populations mix, their languages blend as well
Some Dogs Can Learn Categories like Human Toddlers Do
These dogs can extend words to new objects based on function the way children do in early language learning
Mondays Really Are More Stressful on the Brain and Body
The start of the workweek can be a biologically measurable stressor, with consequences for long-term health that can stretch into retirement
Freaky ‘Rubber Hand’ Illusion Works on Octopuses, Too
Octopuses’ response to a human illusion suggests a sense of body ownership
How Your Brain Constructs—And Sometimes Distorts—Your Experience of the World
In his new book, Daniel Yon explains how our brain is constantly constructing reality