As we enter the second machine age — nearly 300 years after the first began with Europe’s industrial revolution — there are lots of questions to answer about the future of society, politics and ...

Tiny, soapy bubbles can reorganize their membranes to let material flow in and out in response to the surrounding environment, according to researchers. This behavior could be exploited in creating ...

What is Emergent Behaviour in AI? Emergent behaviour in AI refers to actions or patterns that weren't directly programmed but show up unexpectedly when AI systems operate at scale or interact with ...

Mitigating the adverse effects of climate change requires us, globally, to speed up the energy transition: to decarbonize energy supply while maintaining the security of supply and the affordability ...

When the artist Thomas Jackson began working on “Emergent Behavior,” in 2011, he started with found objects. He collected fallen leaves in the Catskills and picked junk off the street in New York, ...

A swarm of insects tends to startle us – chaotic yet organized, fascinating and beautiful. Take it one step further. Instead of bees hovering around a tree, imagine cheese balls. Solo cups in the ...

Researchers quantified the collective action of small schools of fish using information theory. They found that groups of three act very differently compared with groups of just two. This work may ...

Disclosure: The organizers of the Power of Play event paid my way to Seattle, where I’m moderating a session. Our coverage remains objective. SEATTLE — When Daniel Cook changed the range of a bullet ...