People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the animal rights organization, is calling on Dictionary.com to change its definition of the word "animal," claiming that the current definition ...

A new study finds that skilled readers do not rely on sounds when reading but rather retrieve words purely from a “visual dictionary.” The research, conducted by neuroscientists at Georgetown ...

Scientists set out to understand all the ways the animals use their eight appendages. It wasn’t easy. By Kate Golembiewski The eight arms of an octopus are right there in its name. But these ...

The Mischief Rule, an article on statutory interpretation that I published several years ago, begins this way: A Tennessee statute imposed duties on railroad engineers. If a railroad engineer found an ...

The study of visual illusions in animals provides a compelling window into both the evolutionary continuity and diversity of perceptual processes. Research indicates that many species, from domestic ...

The team from Johns Hopkins University used AI to create 'visual anagrams'. Each picture contains two animals, but scientists say you don't have a choice over which animal you can see. Just like an ...