Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Ngamba Island chimpanzee in Uganda. The human capacity for rational thinking makes us unique among the animal kingdom, according ...

It has long been debated whether animals’ abilities to remember specific events and solve problems are a result of rational decision-making or simply thoughtless reflexes controlled by the environment ...

New research on chimpanzees is forcing scientists to rethink where the line between human and animal minds really lies. In carefully designed experiments, chimps are not just grabbing at treats or ...

We often make the distinction between rational and emotional thinking, contrasting rational and emotional as the two options that are fighting for which one is going to prevail and lead to better ...

The state agency responsible for “following the science” on COVID and other health care risks, has released a new climate science curriculum for high school students. Remarkably, the curriculum is ...

Understanding how your mind actually works and thinks through problems reveals why you excel in some areas and struggle in ...

Mr. Shapiro’s opinion piece is unnecessarily condemning of faith. Why choose either/or thinking? Rational thought is the language of intellect. Faith is the language of heart. In intellectual inquiry, ...