Think back to middle school algebra, like 2 a + b. Those letters are parameters: Assign them values and you get a result. In ...

Neuromorphic computers, inspired by the architecture of the human brain, are proving surprisingly adept at solving complex ...

With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly, exactly the way you want it.’ With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly ...

When electricity or fuel powers a machine, the machine gets hotter. Finding new ways to cool machines quickly and ...

Project Mind Control tells the lurid tale of the CIA's attempts to discover the scientific principles that would allow people to control subjects' thoughts and actions. The author, University of Texas ...

In a lab rack that looks more like a high-end audio system than a server, clusters of human brain cells are quietly learning to process information. Electrodes feed them signals, nutrients keep them ...

At first glance, the idea sounds implausible: a computer made not of silicon, but of living brain cells. It’s the kind of concept that seems better suited to science fiction than to a laboratory bench ...