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We tend to lessen physical effort in almost everything we do, including using language. We say “bye” instead of “goodbye” [...]

Biological, social and economic schemes are some of the real-world systems we are most familiar with. These systems evolve all the time. And [...]

New research has it that evolution is a tinkerer, not an engineer. It echoes what Nobel laureate François Jacob famously [...]

Tetrapods are four-limbed animals. Therefore the discovery of a “tetrapod-like” fish called Elpistostege is intriguing. The nearly complete fossil specimen [...]

“The Ministry of Silly Walks” is a sketch from a Monty Python comedy troupe’s TV episode. It is a jibe [...]

These days we hear a lot about people affected by COVID-19 and also about people arrested for spreading misinformation on [...]

Sometimes we need extreme measures to keep things at bay. And right now the world needs a “North-European Enclosure Dam” [...]

Some elite Paralympic sprinters face an unsettling hurdle. Before stepping on the track in an authorised race, they need to [...]

Sentience (“qualia”) is the ability to have subjective perceptual experiences. Scholars differentiate it from qualities such as creativity, intelligence and [...]

When Dr. Emily Carlson watched 73 people dance across eight genres of music, she didn’t realize she was standing on the cusp of [...]

Many things we aren’t aware of can unconsciously influence our behavioural inclinations and orientations. “Pseudoneglect” is one of those things. [...]

Some dreadful memories can re-emerge out of the blue — like Michael Myers in every ‘Halloween’ movie. Exposure therapy has [...]