A new comedic play and a 20-year neurology study explore what we can do to prevent dementia and cognitive decline.

Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications ...

Some computers are easy to spot. Artificial, human-built computers like those found in smartphones and laptops are abstract ...

Perplexity has introduced “Computer,” a new tool that allows users to assign tasks and see them carried out by a system that coordinates multiple agents running various models.

A simple brain-training program that sharpens how quickly older adults process visual information may have a surprisingly powerful long-term payoff. In a major 20-year study of adults 65 and older, ...

Clear your calendar and look up this March because this phenomena doesn’t come around often. Science Centre Singapore is throwing the doors open for a front-row view of a Total Lunar Eclipse happening ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will establish a Standing Committee on Transformative Science and Technology for the Department of Defense (DoD). The standing committee ...

Access to high school computer science courses has plateaued, and overall high school student participation in those classes has declined slightly, concludes Code.org’s annual report on the state of ...

Space and time aren’t just woven into the background fabric of the universe. To theoretical computer scientists, time and space (also known as memory) are the two fundamental resources of computation.

A brief session of weightlifting may do more than strengthen muscles. In a Purdue University study, people who lifted weights for almost an hour performed mental tests faster afterward. The research, ...

Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hilton teach software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In ...