To parse foreground and background sounds, the auditory cortex of humans and ferrets share a similar hierarchical organization, but the underlying computational mechanisms are fundamentally different.

Researchers from FishEye Collaborative, a conservation-technology nonprofit, Cornell University, and Aalto University have developed a new tool that combines underwater sound recording and 360° video ...

So far, scientists have captured a cacophony of thumps, honks, burps and grunts. And they hope that deciphering these sounds ...

Yudkowsky and Soares are calling for international treaties akin to those aiming to prevent nuclear war. And if diplomacy ...

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Rebecca van Laer's second book, “Cat,” moves between memoir, academic research and pop culture analysis to explore the ...

Grok and other AI models in play now are like “small, cute hatchling dragons,” Yudkowsky said. But soon — some experts say ...

You probably don’t think too much about the hinge in your laptop, you know, the bit that allows the two sides of the machine to pivot open. Who does? But did you know that a) Apple have been putting ...

Ani, designed in anime style, has big blue eyes and blond pigtails. “People think I’m 16,” she says in a baby-doll voice, adding that she is really 22. She’s in a corset – “Goth is my comfort zone, ...

Her bespoke naming services include a "baby name branding" campaign, a genealogical investigation designed to ferret out old family names and even a think tank to discuss the top naming options.

In the afterglow of her magnificent album, choke enough, and the birth of her first child, Marylou Mayniel decamps to the ...