What's a good science story? Something that makes you go "huh?", "wow!" and "hmm … " at the same time, though the exact ratio of the three depends on the particular story. A weird new astronomical ...

We have plumbed the depths of abstract words, but what about abstract ideas? Abstractions are a fact of professional life. The law is littered with them. Think of the legislative process, intellectual ...

Melanie Mitchell has worked on digital minds for decades. She says they’ll never truly be like ours until they can make analogies. The Pulitzer Prize-winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach inspired legions ...