Intelligence and decision-making: Speed isn’t always an advantage
People with higher intelligence scores tend to think faster only when dealing with simple tasks. For complex problems, they tend to take more time compared to those with lower IQ scores.
Why some people live to be 100 without major health problems
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have been looking into why some people live to be 100 or even older without major health problems.
Four dangers lurking in your garden – and how to protect yourself
Many people see gardening as a relaxing pastime – an easygoing way to spend hours outdoors when the weather’s nice.
How good or evil are you when gaming
Researchers have built their own computer game to test the impact of meters which show players the morality of their decisions.
Most super-rich couples have breadwinning husbands and stay-at-home wives
Men are the sole breadwinners in over half of super-rich heterosexual couples—defined as those in the top 1% of households—while the women are not...
If we’re going to label AI an ‘extinction risk’, we need to clarify how...
Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.
How AI and other technologies are already disrupting the workplace
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often cast as wreaking havoc and destroying jobs in reports about its growing use by companies.
Three things to know about the debt ceiling fight
If no spending agreement is reached, the United States could default on its outstanding loans as early as June 1. If that were to happen, then what?
Evening social media use linked to delayed sleep, study finds
A new study from Duke University and Yale University has discovered a causal association between evening social media use and delayed sleep.
We all need a three-day weekend, study says
A four-day workweek is becoming increasingly popular in different countries around the world, with some companies and governments trialing it as a new work...