The "walking moai hypothesis" could end a long-time debate over how ancient engineers moved these iconic statues around ...

For generations, the massive moai of Easter Island, called Rapa Nui by the locals, have stood in quiet testimony to one of ...

"We think we can make something better or find out what is going on in this interesting area if we try a bunch of things and apply several sophisticated techniques to study this." These proposals are ...

Some researchers think artificial intelligence could produce Nobel-worthy research, but others question whether autonomous AI scientists are possible or even desirable ...

About twenty-five years ago, the software industry admitted a fundamental truth: We couldn't plan development work upfront because we didn't know what we didn't know. This realization birthed the ...

Long baleen whale mothers are more likely to have female calves than males, according to a new study led by the University of Washington. The findings contradict a popular evolutionary hypothesis ...

Quinn Zinner, Sophie Franklin, and Ayla Tolentino now attend different schools, but together, the three left their mark on ...

Humans get their alcoholic appetite from primate ancestors, and UC Berkeley researchers say they may have new evidence to support it.

My hypothesis is that given space to dissent from both their previous ideas and those of people in power, teams are more likely to provide innovative, surprising solutions. If they feel as though an ...