The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s a breakdown of what we ...

Fear has a scent. Here’s how this invisible chemical signal has shaped human perceptions, emotions and survival instincts.

The human body is a machine whose many parts—from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain—have been assembled in fits and starts over the 4 billion years of our ...

It’s that time of year again: summer’s cooling down, school’s starting, and I’ve set my schedule of ITEC conference appearances for the fall. If you read this column and want to come say hello, I’d ...

The big thinkers at Aperture explain the Dunning-Kruger effect and why people misjudge their abilities.

Consistent with the general trend of incorporating artificial intelligence into nearly every field, researchers and ...

Human behaviour is an enigma that fascinates many scientists. And there has been much discussion over the role of probability in explaining how our minds work. Probability is a mathematical framework ...

When you try to understand people and explain why they do what they do, what frame do you use? The most common, intuitive (and highly useful) approach is the “belief-desire” frame. That is, people in ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...