A fundamental facet of intelligence found across the entire animal kingdom is beginning to be unraveled using AI, neuroimaging and other tools.
Why it matters: Language, reasoning and other abstract skills tend to get the most credit for human intelligence. But gaining knowledge of how the world works by walking, crawling, swimming or flying through it is an important building block of all animal intelligence.
A sprawling storm system triggered multiple reports of destructive tornadoes in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana on Thursday evening.
The big picture: Logan County, Ohio, officials declared a mass casualty event after a suspected tornado hit a trailer park some 70 miles from Columbus, as the storm system unleashed "large damaging hail, wind gusts and a few tornadoes" from far northeast Texas to the Ohio Valley overnight, per the National Weather Service.
SpaceX's massive Starship on Thursday successfully went to space and reentered Earth's atmosphere for the first time during its third and most ambitious test flight thus far.
Why it matters: The test was a major leap for the vehicle, which is essential for NASA's Artemis program. The flight featured technologies critical for any future manned missions to the moon or beyond.
