Intelligence

How to finally wrap your mind around the uniquely counterintuitive Monty Hall dilemma

Why we’re fascinated by solving mind-bending puzzles, pitching faster fastballs, embodying new characters, playing ancient games, and much more

Despite great progress, we lack even the beginning of an explanation of how the brain produces our inner world of colors, sounds, smells and tastes. A thought experiment with “pain-pleasure” zombies illustrates that the mystery is deeper than we thought

Claims of artificial general intelligence are increasingly common. But can anyone agree on what it is?

Female elephants address one another with individualized rumbles

Zoë Schlanger’s new book The Light Eaters explores the surprising science of plant intelligence.

Developmental milestones help us understand when a child needs help, but meeting them early doesn’t necessarily predict long-term success

Most machine-learning models rely on mountains of data to replicate human text, but new research suggests the recipe for learning language might be simpler

To improve machine learning, the answer might be taking a different approach to robot education rather than just feeding models more data

The simple and fun act of reading for pleasure in early childhood produces better cognition, mental health and educational attainment in adolescence

Kids don’t typically advance academically during the summer, but the research isn’t clear on whether they forget what they’ve already learned

Discussions of dinosaur brainpower spark larger questions around the nature of intelligence