The fact that humans walk on two legs is likely the reason we have developed our rhythmic, musical, and linguistic abilities, ...

Text2Robot, a new AI tool from Duke University, turns natural language into fully functional, 3D-printable walking robots in just 24 hours.

American Sign Language (ASL) recognition systems often struggle with accuracy due to similar gestures, poor image quality and inconsistent lighting. To address this, researchers developed a system ...

Evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks talks to The Conversation Weekly about AI’s potential to influence our evolution.

Animals and humans have always coexisted. Before cities, nomadic hunter-gatherers depended on animals for food, transport, ...

Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time. Although it’s ...

An estimated 500,000 New Yorkers suffer from COVID’s lingering effects, with 1 in 5 saying the condition significantly limits ...

Most people have 24 ribs, with 12 on each side of the body. No evidence indicates any difference between males and females. The ribs and rib cage are excellent examples of the human body’s ...

When you need a break from the hustle and bustle of Canada's biggest city, you can hop on a quick, 15-minute ferry ride to the Toronto Islands. Amidst the towering skyscrapers of the city's ...

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Willmore thanked Elon Musk for bringing them back to their home, Earth. The duo, initially sent for an eight-day-mission had to endure a total of 286 days on the ...

BRYAN JOHNSON wants to live for ever. The American businessman pops a hundred pills a day, never eats after 11am, and obsessively monitors dozens of his body’s “biomarkers”. The goal, as he ...

We've long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors. But life on Earth is never quite so straightforward, especially not when it comes to the most socially complex species ...