A 2020 report in Science Daily summarized the preceding research, noting that “caffeine increases the ability to focus and problem solve, but it doesn’t stimulate creativity. In addition to the ...

AI could soon spew out hundreds of mathematical proofs that look "right" but contain hidden flaws, or proofs so complex we can't verify them. How will we know if they're right?

It's like the movie Inception, but without Leonardo DiCaprio, unless you imagine him. Researchers used carefully timed sound cues to nudge dream content, and in some cases, boost next-morning problem ...

Neuroscientist Karen Konkoly is a lucid dreamer. When she’s asleep and immersed in a dream, she knows that she is, in fact, ...

Across the whole group of participants, cued or uncued, the subsequent solving rate for puzzles that had appeared in dreams ...

Sleeping on a problem might be more powerful than we ever imagined. Neuroscientists at Northwestern University have shown that dreams can actually be nudged in specific directions — and those dream ...

When my cofounder and I were accepted into a competitive startup accelerator program in fall 2025, we applied with an ambitious idea: to build an “AI scientist” for machine learning research. What ...

The findings, published in Personality and Individual Differences, show that people with strong ADHD symptoms, such as inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity that can impair some aspects of daily ...

Humans have always wanted to live long and healthy lives—even if for millennia the vast majority didn’t get to. Lately, though, the topic is everywhere: There are dozens of longevity podcasts, ...

Bedford Destination Imagination hosted its annual Instant Challenge Medley on Saturday, Jan. 24. This event is held every year to help students prepare for the state tournament coming up in March.