Plants are often attributed with abilities similar to those known in the animal or human world. Trees are said to have feelings and can therefore care for their offspring, like mothers. Researchers ...

Research shows emotional detachment from sadness by anthropomophizing it can reduce impulisive behaviors. Here's how it worked when a writer tried it. I’ve been feeding the void the past few months.

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Two weeks ago, OpenAI announced its latest generative AI model. Headlines extolled the chatbot’s ability to talk, laugh, and ...

Artificial intelligence has become more sophisticated in a short period of time. Even though we may understand that when ChatGPT spits out a response, there’s no human behind the screen, we can’t help ...

Some may view the company Trader Joe's as caring and sweet, offering a friendly environment to buy delicious sourdough bread and fresh produce, and some may view the company Red Bull as energetic and ...

It is part of the human experience to slowly realize we are each an isolated mind in a sea of other isolated minds, and then to spend our lives trying to cross the mighty gulfs between ourselves and ...

When a Mars rover beams back a selfie, the mission's Earth-bound engineers and scientists feel like they're getting a FaceTime from a friend they haven't seen in ages. We know Mars rovers are robots, ...

This Christmas, after a few hours of vigorous play, most toys will end up relegated to a toy chest, storage tub or mess pile in the corner of a room. A minority of these toys will become favorite toys ...