For decades people have arranged to freeze their bodies after death, dreaming of resurrection by advanced future medicine. Many met a fate far grislier than death.
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For centuries, the only way to travel between the Old and New World was through ships like the RMS Lusitania. Experiences varied wildly depending on your income.
Evolutionary psychology could explain those otherworldly feelings.
Neuroscience is beginning to provide clues about the emergence of human consciousness.
Looking at ourselves in a mirror — or on a video call — shapes our sense of self. But what you see is not what others see.
“Time Warp” all the way back to 1800s spiritualism, magic performances, and spook shows.
Three out of four Russians accused of witchcraft were men.
The future of healthcare may bring powerful collaborations between AI and medical professionals.
The attitude we take to Will Smith’s slap will mirror our attitudes to violence, masculinity, and protecting others more generally.
The Spanish language has the ability to minimize and exaggerate by the simple addition of a suffix.
Seneca thought the use of ice was a “true fever of the most malignant kind.”
Only talk about the weather?
In the 20th century, many options abounded as to our cosmic origins. Today, only the Big Bang survives, thanks to this critical evidence.
There are so many problems, all across planet Earth, that harm and threaten humanity. Why invest in researching the Universe?
A marine reptile fossil from Svalbard challenges ideas about evolution and Earth’s greatest mass extinction.
The cosmic scales governing the Universe are almost unbelievably large. What if we shrunk the Sun down to be just a grain of sand?
The second law of thermodynamics is an inviolable law of reality. Here’s what everyone should know about closed, open, and isolated systems.
Paintings played an important role in these ancient civilizations. Unfortunately, pigment is not nearly as durable as marble.
According to neuropsychologist Julia DiGangi, no one can live a life free of emotional pain. We can only choose how those emotions empower us.
He is only out-sold by William Shakespeare and Lao Tzu.
Equations that describe time travel are fully compatible and consistent with relativity — but physics is not mathematics.
Nothing lives forever, at least, not in the physical Universe. But relativity allows us to get closer than ever, from one perspective.
Hermann Minkowski called Einstein a “lazybones” with a “not very solid” education. Less than 10 years later, he would eat his words.
Can a non-native species be a friend instead of a foe?
Lovers are parted from lovers, (grand)parents from children, families from their dead.
Has the “age of psychopharmacology” shrunk society’s sense of responsibility for mental health?
More than pay or advancement, people are seeking a better fit between their own and corporate values.
The underground burial tombs were used at least as far back as 2500 B.C.
When you’re a genius, how do you make ends meet?
Is LK-99 truly a room temperature superconductor? These 4 tests, none of which have yet been passed, will separate fact from fiction.