November 8th is International Human-Animal Relationship Awareness Day. The day was established by the Human-Animal Bond Association (HABA), an organization that provides a platform for ideas to ...

Abstract: To facilitate easy, seamless, and dynamic interactions between humans and social robots, it is important that the robot’s physical appearance gives clear cues to its affordances. However, ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. Travel involves two main expenditures of energy: fighting gravity and propelling ...

The AI revolution promised to automate everything. Instead, it's teaching us that the most transformative systems make our best workers more essential, not less. As CTO at Zeta Global, I've watched ...

Humans aren’t the only animals with hot tempers. In 2016, ecologist Kristen Cecala and a colleague watched black-bellied salamanders (Desmognathus amphileucus) from Appalachian streams lunge at one ...

As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health issues Olivia Ferrari As human noise increases around the world, some animals ...

Abstract: Human cognition and behavior can be unconsciously affected by personal avatars in the virtual world, a phenomenon known as the Proteus Effect. When using first-person non-human avatars, the ...

Lynn Hershman Leeson, The Infinity Engine, 2014. Multimedia installation, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist, Altman Siegel, San Francisco and Bridget Donahue, New York. Photo: Paris Tavitian ...

The national parks of the United States hold great natural wonders and complex, varied ecosystems. A new study demonstrates that human presence in the parks, including everything from visitors and ...

Many people, including animal advocates and others who want to grant legal rights (including personhood) to nonhuman animals, are often criticized for their views because others fear it will diminish ...