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A report that a fish can pass the “mirror test” for self-awareness reignites debates about how to define and measure that elusive quality.

Neither animal, plant, fungus nor familiar protozoan, a strange microbe that sits in its own “supra-kingdom” of life foretells incredible biodiversity yet to be discovered by new sequencing technologies.

Equations, like numbers, cannot always be split into simpler elements.

The renowned physicist Leonard Susskind has identified a possible quantum origin for the ever-growing volume of black holes.

For 50 years, the astrophysicist Martin Rees has contributed to our understanding of cosmology. Now he is speaking up about the promise and potential dangers of the science and technology that will arrive over the next 50 years and beyond.

As it becomes clear that the body’s cells have more diverse regenerative capabilities than expected, experts have had to reconsider their approach to stem cell research.

The Frauchiger-Renner thought experiment has shaken up the world of quantum foundations.

Some researchers are using a complexity framework thought to be purely theoretical to understand evolutionary dynamics in biological and computational systems.

Simple physical principles can be used to describe how rivers grow everywhere from Florida to Mars.