Your gut feeling isn't just a metaphor. Science reveals how intuition works-and when you should listen to it.

The future of urban green space might be written in code, according to research in the International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems. The age-old image of the landscape architect, ...

Surgeon intuition is often right, but when compared to a standard risk calculator used to estimate complications post-surgery, technology still wins, a new study found. Led by researchers from ...

From a steady sense of calm or unease that won't go away to an unshakeable pull toward (or away from) certain choices, these soul-deep signals act like an internal compass.

A "smart mother" often makes a "better diagnosis than a poor doctor": medical students are often given this century-old advice from pioneering German surgeon Dr August Bier – and a new study has ...

Two doctors describe the role of intuition in medical decision-making as a case study into the mysterious power of this unquantifiable form of knowledge. Doctors are expected to make high-stakes ...

Many scientific findings conflict with our gut sense of what is working, making teaching and learning harder. Our perceptions about what’s working in the learning process often conflict with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mom might chalk up her gut feelings to mother's intuition. But the science behind it isn't well understood. (Getty Images) ...

We've been running on a very narrow spectrum of human intelligence, and it's landed us in social and environmental crises. Our very survival now depends on reclaiming other, wiser parts of our minds.