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You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. I like gadgets, and so, at times, my digital detox has verged on technophilic decadence. A few months ...

The human brain has 86 billion neurons connected by roughly 100 trillion synapses, making it one of the most complex objects in the known universe. Each year neuroscientists make fascinating, ...

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Modern dog breeds come in a mind-boggling array of shapes and sizes—from Chihuahua to Great Dane, corgi to greyhound, pug to German shepherd. In fact, the domestic dog, Canis familiaris, shows more ...

As a "one more thing" of the third-quarter earnings call, Rivian announced a new venture in robotics. The carmaker founded Mind Robotics, a spin-off startup that specializes in industrial AI. There is ...

Rivian has created its second spinoff company this year: an industrial AI and robotics venture called Mind Robotics. The new effort will be focused around using “industrial AI to reshape how physical ...

How many dinosaurs are there in Jurassic World Evolution 3? There are nearly 100 dinosaurs in the game, spanning land, flying, and marine species, some of which thrive in living together and others ...