The nature of “the mind” is always vast and clear no matter how swamped by information we feel — and leaders can learn to embrace this space.

"Personality isn't based on what we say we'll do. It's rooted in what we actually do, which becomes what we think about."

Cognitive neuroscientist and AI researcher Christopher Summerfield explores the differences, and similarities, of how AI and humans make meaning of the world.

Memory takes effort, and our brains know it.

When plans fall apart, adaptability can build something better.

“Can we push these cells to do something other than what they normally do?" asks developmental biologist Michael Levin. "Can they build something completely different?”

Neuroscientist and author Anne-Laure Le Cunff discusses the lasting benefits of uncertainty, curiosity, and the experimental mindset.

Delirium is one of the most perplexing deathbed phenomena, exposing the gap between our cultural ideals of dying words and the reality of a disoriented mind.

Could AI develop true intelligence without sentience? Philosopher Jonathan Birch explores the boundaries of artificial and evolved minds.

Ethan Kross, psychologist and author of "Shift," explains how negative emotions help us live safely and well.

"The amount of interest is enormous," says anesthesiologist Boris Heifets. "People are dropping in and coming out of the woodwork, trying to understand how to do this."

New research is uncovering why we eat first with our expectations.

"I think it's about time we stop allowing every male generation bang their frontal lobe through its most developmental stages."

“Many people get stuck in feeling responsible for their psychological state, and there's a way in which simply being with whatever uncomfortable emotions rather than believing that you are controlling them can be extremely beneficial for psychological wellbeing.”

Hawking’s refusal to upgrade his communication system preserved a voice that became iconic, not just for its sound, but for the profound identity it conveyed.

Participants’ brains revealed they were doing a kind of “neural replay” of the game they had been manipulated to win.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

"We do not experience primarily because we have brains; we experience because we are alive."

Just because you can't experience it doesn't mean it's not real.

If atoms are mostly empty space, then why can't two objects made of atoms simply pass through each other? Quantum physics explains why.

When it comes to behavior, genetics may play a larger role than you think.

"Is it possible that consciousness is a much more basic phenomenon in nature and is essentially pervading everything?"

Could studying the Oriental hornet lead to a treatment for people with alcohol use disorder?

The findings suggest that biochemical and physical effects of exercise could help heal nerves.

The color of the shirt you're wearing right now depends on many factors, from your eye shape to what language you speak.

Scientists have created a magnificent portrait of every connection among neurons in a fruit fly’s brain.

Can laboratories become more humane, or is it time to end animal research altogether?

Whether your hair is straight, wavy, curly, or kinky isn't just genetic in nature. It depends on the physics of your hair's very atoms.

The controversial theory about magic mushrooms and human evolution gets a much-needed update.

We’re all assigned a label at some point in our lives. You might be the smart one, the creative one or the lazy one. But is that designation really an […]