New research by Georgetown scientists shows how the brain rewires itself to automate learned tasks. The findings challenge a long-held understanding of how humans master complex skills, suggesting that true multitasking is really possible.

Conservationists often raise the young of endangered species in captivity before releasing them into suitable habitats as adults.

Off the coast of Dominica, in water deep enough to swallow a skyscraper, a female sperm whale draws breath and dives. Somewhere below, she clicks. Not randomly. Not reflexively. She clicks in sequences with internal structure: rhythm, duration, a vowel quality she actively controls and that her neighbours recognise. Until recently, we had no idea ... Read more The post Sperm Whales Have Vowels and the Grammar to Go With Them appeared first on Wild Science.

Attacks on science and immigrants are destroying America.

I turned off my phone notifications for an entire week. It made me a less disturbed person, but the people closest to me got annoyed.