People tend to flex their intelligence for a number of reasons, including deep-seated insecurities, asserting their identity, or fulfilling their need for validation. In the process, some of them do ...

Intelligence is sometimes perceived as a superpower, something that gives a person an edge over their fellow human. So much ...

Since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine, travel from Moscow to Europe has become a frustration – as the Monitor’s Moscow ...

Neuromorphic computers, inspired by the architecture of the human brain, are proving surprisingly adept at solving complex mathematical problems that underpin scientific and engineering challenges.

A common misconception is that people who remain in toxic or abusive relationships are weak, dependent, or oblivious to the harm. In reality, many people who struggle to break free from relationships ...

As it seeks to end birthright citizenship, the Trump administration is arguing that immigrants bring problems that extend for generations. The data shows otherwise. By Hamed Aleaziz Reporting from ...

A mathematician opens up ChatGPT to check a calculation she could have easily solved in her head. An executive uses AI to draft an email he's written a hundred times before. A professor asks ...

Seven people detail what it’s like to be held in a California immigration detention center. One man who likely has prostate cancer has continuously been denied medication and urgent treatment. When ...

I met Andy maybe five or six years ago. We had spent some time together in Vancouver, but we hadn’t worked together before. It wasn’t until the premiere of “Babylon” in L.A. that Andy came up to me ...

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel tore into Time magazine's 2025 Person of the Year cover featuring the "Architects of AI," referring to the eight-person lineup of tech CEOs as "the eight dorks of the ...

Intelligent people prioritize ideas over tidiness; controlled chaos can spark creativity, supported by studies linking messiness to innovation. FDA intends to put its most serious warning on COVID ...

For many people, what happens to donated clothes or bags of recycling waste is a mystery — out of sight, out of mind. But for millions, this waste is a livelihood. All over the world, waste pickers ...