A humanoid robot is slated to become first of its kind to have its artwork sold by a major auction house. On October 16, Sotheby’s announced it will soon begin accepting bids starting at $120,000 for “AI God.” The abstract portrait of Alan Turing was painted by Ai-Da, an ongoing, experimental AI-powered robotics project that cites a pivotal 1980’s transhumanist...

Our ancient DNA may have shaped our love for bread, pasta, rice, and other carbs. We have long known that our species carries multiple copies of the genes that allow us to begin breaking down complex carbohydrates in our mouths. This first step in metabolizing starchy foods has been well documented, but it has been harder to pinpoint how and when the...

China hopes a giant laboratory 2,300 feet underground is key to beating the US at discovering the secrets of the universe’s most mysterious particles–neutrinos. Slated for completion next year, after over a decade of construction, the roughly $311 million Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) relies on a nearly 115-foot-wide stainless steel...

Microscopic plankton are at the heart of the ocean’s food chain, feeding much bigger animals like whales. However, not much is known about how single-celled phytoplankton–most of which don’t have any appendages that help them swim–get around. They journey up from the darkest and coldest depths of the ocean up to the surface, only to drift down again....

Uh, oh. You’re hitting the middle of your hike, only to be greeted by an uncomfortable sensation in your heels. You sit down on a rock, slide your sock off, and what do you know? The new hiking boots you bought specifically for this trip—which you thought you had broken in just enough—have left your heels in a blistered state. Did you pack a...

This is a judgment-free zone. Go ahead, admit that reality dating shows are your guilty pleasure … and that you’re currently out of stuff to binge-watch. Something to scratch that itch and satisfy your curiosities is Little Penguin Love Island. In this bird dating show, the world’s smallest penguins try to find their forever matches in Australia....