Rats do not simply drift through vague, sleepy fog. Their brains light up with detailed replays of the day, from sprinting ...

Our thoughts are an ever-changing swirl of fears, feelings, desires, impulses, memories and body sensations that interact to ...

Neurable, the company behind the brain-computer interface (BCI) technology capable of integrating into consumer headphones, announces a new venture at CES 2026 last week: gaming headphones.

In 1927, Albert Einstein and Neils Bohr debated the nature of what’s known as complementarity—the idea that a photon’s dual wave-like and particle natures can’t be measured at the same time. Now, two ...

During the Cold War, the US government secretly explored using individuals with claimed psychic abilities, known as remote viewers, as spies to gain an edge over the Soviet Union. Project Star Gate, ...

Experimental particle physicists working at the MicroBooNE experiment at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory have found evidence against the existence of a "sterile" type of neutrino hypothesized ...

WASHINGTON — The defense bill that President Donald Trump signed into law puts an end to many military experiments on cats and dogs and declares a ceasefire to shooting animals in “trauma” exercises.

Back in October, magician Oz Pearlman, better known as Oz the Mentalist, came to blow the minds of Georgia football players. Coach Kirby Smart wasn't excluded from the brain-altering magic of Oz.

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Congress’ top fiscal hawk is back with his yearly government waste report card, this time uncovering over $1.6 trillion in spending on cocaine experiments on dogs, COVID-19 vaccine influencer ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. I like gadgets, and so, at times, my digital detox has verged on technophilic decadence. A few months ...