Amazon is inviting Indian users to beta-test a Hindi-language version of Alexa+, its generative AI conversational assistant. The company emailed select customers, as reported by TechCrunch, asking ...

Consider this question: Why do we like the music we like? Were we born with musical preferences, or did we develop them over time through life experiences? This post, Part 2 of a 3-Part series, ...

In “Why Do We Exist?” Hakeem Oluseyi explores how life may have emerged to move energy through matter—and why Earth is the perfect setting. The following is an excerpt from “Why Do We Exist?: The Nine ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. It’s ancient, unstoppable and strangely contagious. Here’s what science now knows about the ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Scientists have long tried to decode every dream we have. Some say it’s survival training, ...

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Daylight saving time officially starts this weekend, ushering in the longer days of spring and summer in New England. However, ahead of the clocks springing forward on Sunday, March 8, you may be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People say it every day without thinking ― “two o’clock,” “six o’clock,” “eight o’clock sharp.” But what is the purpose of that ...

People say it every day without thinking ― "two o'clock," "six o'clock," "eight o'clock sharp." But what is the purpose of that little "o" and apostrophe? Is it short for something? Why do we only use ...

New research by engineers at CU Boulder aims to get to the bottom of why, as the saying goes, you get a “skip in your step” when you’re happy. The study highlights the central role that dopamine, a ...

In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of Kyle Chayka’s column, Infinite Scroll. Chayka will return in March. Forty years ago, Bill Weiss, a student at Columbia ...

According to Jane Goodall – and who should know better – even chimpanzees make themselves a pillow. Each night, they create a new nest, lining it with soft leaves that they also use to make themselves ...