In the dense forests of Indonesia, you can hear strange and haunting sounds. At first, these calls may seem like a random ...

Different artificial intelligences built the same structural map of meaning—a curious clue that language might shape thought ...

An important implication of this research is the potential light it sheds on the evolutionary roots of language’s compositional nature. “Since humans and bonobos had a common ancestor ...

That’s one of my favorite language facts. Contemplating it can make you think differently about not just the word, but the very concept it represents. Language doesn’t just name things and ...

Large language models (LLMs) have transformed artificial intelligence ... Ablation studies confirm the importance of each evolutionary process, with selection and ensemble mechanisms playing a ...

In their paper published in the journal Nature Catalysis, the group describes their process and how well the resulting product worked in growing edible crops. Urine is seen as a source of ...

The study examines how neurotransmitter systems process words ... help interpret language." While still in early stages, the study's significance lies in its foundational nature and the questions ...

Nearly twenty years after I graduated high school and my last calculus class, I still get that nightmare where I’m at the exam for a calculus course I somehow forgot to attend, or that I faked ...

A research team led by Purdue University has begun translating the intricate molecular language of ... in the journal Nature Chemical Biology, Dudareva and her associates published their discovery of ...