In a new study, scientists successfully trained a brain organoid derived from mouse stem cells to solve an engineering benchmark known as the “cart-pole problem.” By applying weak or strong electric ...

When researchers studied why immigrant children become compulsive problem-solvers, they discovered these kids weren't born fixers — they were reading financial stress in their parents' faces and ...

A strange thought experiment known as Newcomb’s paradox has baffled philosophers and scientists for decades. In the puzzle, a supercomputer predicts human decisions with near-perfect accuracy and ...

They raid compost bins, outsmart latches and sometimes look gleeful doing it. A new study in Animal Behaviour suggests raccoons may not just be opportunistic—they may be genuinely curious.

When students create a visual resource to scaffold problem-solving, they can approach independent work with more confidence and focused attention.

Mental math shortcuts suggest future STEM performance—and gender is a significant predictor What is 29 + 14?

Terre Haute South High School senior Miah Gambill is college bound, but this year she’s also learning how to use a table saw, ...

Choosing the right method for multimodal AI—systems that combine text, images, and more—has long been trial and error. Emory ...

'Urgent national concern': Math is crucial in many fields yet more students are now functionally innumerate and many students do not go on to qualify for STEM courses ...

Leadership is being redefined by organizations that recognize diverse perspectives and equitable practices as competitive advantages, not compliance ...

Even as critical talks between the U.S. and Iran are set to take place Thursday in Geneva, President Donald Trump still hasn’t ruled out a war with the nation.

In a small lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz, clusters of mouse brain cells have taken on a task normally reserved for computer algorithms: ...