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Mind

Five tests will help you understand the full scope of your imagination

Reckon you are highly imaginative? Or fear you are lacking in the creativity department? Put your presumptions to the test, with these challenges from cognitive neurologist, Adam Zeman

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Mind

The four types of imagination and how they create our worlds

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Technology

People prefer AI-generated poems to Shakespeare and Dickinson

News
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Humans

The fascinating truth about why common sense isn’t really that common

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Technology

The AI expert who says artificial general intelligence is nonsense

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SAN FRANCISCO - SEPTEMBER 20: Freshly printed copies of the San Francisco Chronicle run through the printing press at one of the Chronicle's printing facilities September 20, 2007 in San Francisco, California. Newspaper sales in the U.S. continue to slide as people turn to the internet and television for their news. The Chronicle saw its circulation plunge more than 15 percent in 2006 to 398,000 during the week which has hurt newspaper vendor Rick Gaub's business. Unable to sell as many papers as he used to, Gaub is looking for a new way to earn money after selling papers for 42 years. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Technology

Nexus review: Yuval Noah Harari is out of his depth in his new book

Culture
The caudate nuclei, parts of the brain affected by Huntington's disease

Health

Mutation behind Huntington’s linked to higher childhood intelligence

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Mind

Could your gut bacteria influence how intelligent you are?

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Technology

How smart is ChatGPT really – and how do we judge intelligence in AIs?

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2F618EY Landing of the James Caird On South Georgia, 1916

Comment

Presence review: A lively look at why we experience ghostly presences

Many people feel an uncanny "presence" when no one is there. Ben Alderson-Day explores why this is, in a lively and comprehensive book

Culture

Humans

Why it is important to explore the outer limits of knowledge

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Humans

Mistakenly calling AIs ‘sentient’ is more dangerous than we think

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Health

Leaded petrol may have lowered the IQ of over half the US population

News

Humans

Steven Pinker interview: Why humans aren’t as irrational as they seem

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