A barrage of AI-generated brain rot is haunting children across numerous screens, from personal smartphones to school-issued laptops to televisions. Social media is adding significantly to that ...

Having previously explored a study that suggests AI is making us stupider, it comes as no surprise that it might be because it is rewiring the way we think. And it's even less of a surprise when we ...

Monique Hinton rubbed her fingers together in one of her recent YouTube videos, signaling to her million-plus followers on the platform that she had a moneymaking business idea for them. She first ...

The explosive power of D.C. punk rockers Bad Brains is legendary, and newly discovered live recordings from 45 years ago are adding to the legend. In a full-circle moment, the soon-to-be released ...

As we age, the human brain rewires itself. The process happens in distinct phases, or “epochs,” according to new research, as the structure of our neural networks changes and our brains reconfigure ...

Turns out that we’ve all got a little Taylor Swift in us. Our brains host their own Eras Tour — just without the elaborate costume changes. New research suggests that our brains experience major ...

Following Russian drone incursions into NATO airspace, and inspired by the innovation demonstrated on Ukraine’s front lines, European nations are confronting the threat with a ‘Drone Wall,’ drone vs.

Jenny Graves receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Differences between men and women in intelligence and behaviour have been proposed and disputed for decades. Now, a growing body of ...

But why is that? What is it about our relationships that make them so central to our lives? According to neuroscientist Ben Rein’s new book, Why Brains Need Friends, it comes down to our brains. As he ...

An artificial neuron has been developed that could help scientists to build compact, energy-efficient computers inspired by the human brain 1. Computing systems that mimic biological neural networks ...

The New Scientist Book Club stepped away from science fiction for our October read, turning to the winner of the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize instead, serendipitously announced just in ...

Alphabet delivered its first-ever $100 billion quarter in Q3, a revenue milestone that signifies that the company is “firmly in the generative AI era,” CEO Sundar Pichai said on an earnings call. The ...