Why do 90% of humans reach with the same hand? The answer stretches back millions of years and involves fossils, language and genetics we still can’t fully decode.
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Arizona say that between 2005 and 2019, the number of words we speak out loud to another human being fell by nearly 28 percent. And that has likely only gotten worse following the pandemic. The researchers actually counted the number of words we were […]
AI’s cavalcade of constraints. Uncovering a lost sacred manuscript. Why it’s okay to drink a little coffee before bed. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.
Science has a name for the ‘happiness trap’ most of us are living inside, and understanding it may be the most clarifying thing you do all year.
What looks like a miracle is a razor-thin margin of survival. Meet the lizard that runs on water, and why it only works for so long.
Bruce surprised researchers by turning his physical disability into a successful advantage, both behaviorally and physiologically.
The new reports is a reminder that shark bites remain extremely rare, but they also raise important questions about co-existence.
Scientists identify 45 potentially habitable exoplanets, using exact data and quotes to guide future telescopes in the search for extraterrestrial life.
The Judicial AI Consortium is free, judges-only, and run by three sitting judges. About 200 have joined. The evidence landing in courtrooms says that is not enough.
Isomorphic Labs president Max Jaderberg said at WIRED Health in London that the startup has built a “broad and exciting pipeline of new medicines.”