It’s one of the great paradoxes of evolution. Humans have demonstrated that having large brains are key to our evolutionary success, and yet such brains are extremely rare in other animals. Most get ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) progresses at a breakneck pace, the complexity of its applications necessitates rigorous oversight. This exploration traces AI's development, highlights its diverse ...

When certain species of wild birds and primates discover new ways of finding food in the wild, it can serve to measure their flexibility and intelligence. In the largest experimental study ever ...

Current artificial intelligence applications are pushing the limits of typical silicon and its underlying binary bits. New kinds of computers built to take advantage of quantum mechanical properties ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Humans tend to put our own intelligence on a pedestal. Our brains can do math, employ logic, explore abstractions, and think critically.

Whether by design or evolution, our genes aim to survive by being passed on to future generations. This intelligence traces our ancestors across millions of years. My book, Tenacity in Children (2021) ...