The origins of the phrase "straight from the horse's mouth" are debated, but might have something to do with betting on horse races.

Experts who study how science, history, and psychology shape our speech aren't surprised by our natural curiosity about the accents we hear around us. Even more, people often have personal stories ...

Modern AI systems can identify patterns and make predictions with remarkable accuracy, but they often do so without offering insight into why those predictions work. That distinction—between ...

I was 11 years old when I learned that I talk funny. A new teacher who didn’t share my Boston accent was surprised by the way I said “kindergarten.” She mockingly repeated my pronunciation back to me: ...

In “Why Do We Exist?” Hakeem Oluseyi explores how life may have emerged to move energy through matter—and why Earth is the perfect setting. The following is an excerpt from “Why Do We Exist?: The Nine ...

Ukraine’s sinking of much of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is “case alpha” in finding new ways to use robots across land, sea, and air, the U.S. Navy's assessment chief said Monday. But the United States ...

America produces more petroleum than it consumes. That's one of the reasons the U.S. is sometimes described as "energy independent." On the surface, then, it doesn't seem to make sense that gas has ...

Our tales of AI developing the will to survive, commandeer resources, and manipulate people say more about us than they do about language models. In fall 2024, the best-selling author and historian ...

To President Trump and his defense secretary, the herculean rescue of two downed airmen in hostile territory was further proof that the U.S. military has full control of the skies over Iran. But the ...

We know exactly what good leadership looks like, yet we keep tolerating the opposite. What strikes me is not necessarily bad intent but the lack of awareness: leaders who demand from above what they ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Scientists have long tried to decode every dream we have. Some say it’s survival training, ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Most of us, if we think about chins at all, do so rarely. But it turns out that chins ...