In a world of dwindling reviews, the author Lydia Davis’s new work charts a more serendipitous path to reading.

The European green crab is present all the way up the West Coast, but that invasion has been going on for over two decades. First found on the East Coast in 1951 in the waters off New Brunswick, they ...

There are many sounds in English that don’t exist in Spanish, and vice versa. Take the sound the letter “z” makes in English, or the rolled “r” in Spanish. In the Southside independent school district ...

OpenAI researchers tried to train the company’s AI to stop “scheming” — a term the company defines as meaning “when an AI behaves one way on the surface while hiding its true goals” — but their ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A new program is mixing augmented reality and hands-on activities to give kids a new way to learn spatial ...

Tom Peters, guitarist for UK math-rock heroes Alpha Male Tea Party, reckons that while we’re losing back pain in reducing the physical weight of our rigs, we’re causing ourselves creative self-harm ...

The Smithsonian's latest collaboration with USA Today celebrates and shares community stories from across the country ...

Mount Saint Vincent University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Mount Saint Vincent University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Twenty-nine years ago, there was not a single farmers’ market in Britain. Now they’re as ubiquitous in our towns as tattoo parlours and out-of-order electric car parking bays. Yes, one can find ...

Baltimore — Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying ...