Robotic probes have been sent across the solar system for the last six decades, reaching destinations impossible for humans. During its 10-day flyby, the Parker Solar Probe experienced ...

Now, an interesting new study reveals some unexpected findings about group problem-solving abilities across species, specifically comparing how ants and humans tackle complex spatial challenges.

Josh Shapiro’s administration are responding to the bird flu and trying to prevent a widespread outbreak among cattle and humans. As of Dec. 31, there have been no reported cases of bird flu in ...

Lifespans in a nascent industry are hard to judge but will probably be closer to cars than humans, maybe about 10 to 15 years. Perhaps the biggest issue is application. Industry, healthcare and ...

The findings could impact our understanding of when modern humans reached regions like East Asia and Australia Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent A cast of a Neanderthal skull at the Chemnitz ...

She described a future where technology advances to such an extent that it starts beating humans in everything, even in the choice-making process and problem-solving abilities. She mentioned how ...

An evolutionary biologist has challenged the long-held theory that suggests the first humans emerged from African. Dr Huan Shi, from China, proposed evolution began in East Asia where fossils ...

Alan Duffy has received funding from the Commonwealth, ARC, and CSIRO in space-related research grants. He works for Swinburne University of Technology, which is active in space-related research ...

He said the technology had developed “much faster” than he expected and could make humans the equivalents of “three-year-olds” and AI “the grown-ups”. “I think it’s like the ...

While one would be hard-pressed to find virtually any similarities between ants and humans, the two species seem to share an unusual ability despite their seemingly unbridgeable differences—they ...

A team studying the group behavior of ants has found that, in the right circumstances, ants can outsmart humans in collective problem-solving tasks. Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of ...

Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and a nose for novelty animal stories.