When scientists describe “Earth-like” planets, the phrase often brings to mind worlds scattered across the galaxy, quietly ...

Intelligence helps in many areas, but it can create friction in conversations, friendships, and small talk. From feeling out ...

While it’s true that emotional intelligence is often linked to more meaningful relationships, productive communication, and prosocial behaviors, according to a study from the BMC Psychology journal, ...

A popular model of evolution concludes that it was incredibly unlikely for humanity to evolve on Earth, and that extraterrestrial intelligence is vanishingly rare. But as experts on the entangled ...

Across astronomy and astrobiology, a quiet but profound shift is underway. Instead of assuming the galaxy teems with ...

Intelligence is generally related to one’s ability to process, synthesize, and remember information. While people of high intelligence typically have better emotional intelligence, more meaningful ...

A new model increases the probability of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, upending the decades-old “hard steps” theory that intelligent life was an incredibly improbable event on Earth. Are ...

For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable result of a series of unlikely evolutionary leaps. But new research by ...

Intelligent life may be common, but civilizations choose not to expand rapidly. Cultural evolution, not just biology, guides civilizations' choices. Expansion risks self-destruction through conflict ...

Some people don’t need a stack of diplomas or a genius-level IQ to come across as incredibly sharp. Intelligence has a way of ...

More specifically, it’s about a simple, 10-word question that guides people to intentional gratitude–even finding ways to be grateful for circumstances and experiences that other people might think ...