If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

Already, it is teaching us how little we know. It may finally explain mysteries such as why humans have a chin – and what we might evolve into next.

The East Wing, the entrance to the White House for millions of Americans on official tours, the site of offices for every ...

For nearly two decades, Larry Hertz, a 64-year-old professional, had found healing and spiritual enrichment through underground ceremonies where he and others took psychedelics.

We've all heard about counting the rings inside a tree trunk to discover its age. But there are other ways to determine a tree's age without chopping it down.

Walk down a crowded city street and you might marvel at its vibrancy—people brushing past each other, buildings packed like ...

Genesis is not a scrapbook of ancient adventures, nor a primitive science text, nor a set of moral fables kept in glass cases. It is a living architecture written so that two immensities can be read ...

Chris Connor chats with Task composer Dan Deacon… HBO’s Task has been one of the best reviewed shows of recent months, living ...

In 2008, Pietro Perona , Caltech's Allen E. Puckett Professor of Electrical Engineering, was on sabbatical in Italy, enjoying a cappuccino in a ...