A new method for determining causality gives scientists a more holistic view of the causal role that contributing factors play within just about any system. Cause and effect. We understand this ...

First comes cause, then comes effect – or does it? This order of events has previously been upended in the quantum realm, with the possibility of both A-causes-B and B-causes-A happening ...

How much alcohol is “too much,” in terms of cancer risk? Identifying causes helps us make decisions — both as individuals and ...

One of the most popular applications of artificial intelligence to date has been to use it to predict things, using algorithms trained with historical data to determine a future outcome. But ...

Star Trek: The Next Generation innovated several science fiction storylines, and their time loop episode is no exception. In “Cause and Effect”, Episode 18 of the show’s fifth season, the Enterprise ...

Compared with people who have sex just once a year, those who make love weekly or more suffer only half the risk of dying from all causes. Half. That’s what researchers from the U.S., England, and ...