Humans ask what things mean. Animals move on. That difference explains both our brilliance and much of our psychological ...

A review of more than 1,000 studies suggests that using technology to communicate with others is better than nothing—but ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

In the vast African savanna, an elephant lifts its head, pauses for a moment and begins to walk. No call, no trumpet, not ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

Emotions and scents can create unforgettable moments. Neuroscience shows that both personal experiences and social memories ...

Because animals have a limited capability of understanding human language, they cannot “read” the way humans do.

The rate of married couples filing for divorce has begun to trend downward in recent years, but the rate of “gray divorce” ...

If you wanted to decode a language spoken in brief bursts by a whale species that disappears into the deep for an hour at a time, audio alone would not cut it. You would need to know who was speaking, ...

The problem is, AI doesn’t truly understand people as unique individuals. It can mimic empathy, but it can’t understand it. It can predict tone, but it can’t sense intent. The way we communicate with ...

The mammals' mysterious clicks contain a stunning level of complexity, a new study shows. A group of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) swims together in the Indian Ocean. For years, researchers ...

The way sperm whales communicate may be more similar to human language than previously thought. The acoustic properties of whale calls resemble vowels, a defining feature of human language, according ...