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Soon, the line that divides the living from the dead might not be so clear.
In his latest book, Selfie, Will Storr explores the history of self-obsession, and wonders how we can fix it.
Neuroscientists discover networks of neurons that stretch or compress their activity to control timing Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Timing is critical for playing a musical instrument, swinging a […]
AI is leaving human needs and democracy behind in its race to accomplish its current profit-generating goals.
This discovery may also help us develop novel drugs for Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, and ADHD.
A new C is coming to the C-suite: The Chief Robotics Officer, or CRO. Do I hear laughter or detect an eye roll? Think again. The bots are coming. Business […]
Chinese scientists accomplish the feat of teleporting a photon to a satellite hundreds of miles above Earth.
There’s nothing new, recent, or remarkable about it. It’s just a typical cosmic pebble in the galactic ocean. Last year, the interstellar interloper ʻOumuamua passed through the inner Solar System. Originally […]
New studies shed light on how Neanderthal DNA is affecting the appearance and behavior of modern humans.
U.S. Congress heard expert testimony on a potentially devastating military threat from North Korea.
A machine learning algorithm has shown it can discover planets from weak signals overlooked in the Kepler spacecraft’s database.
A college professor used YONDR pouches to stop students from accessing their smartphones.
On September 1, launched a $2.5 million project called “Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D” or as many scientists know it – the “scan-all-vertebrates” project. Sponsored by the National Science […]
“The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think,” Albert Einstein said. So go back to school, Ivy League style.
Your mind is built to process contradictory, irrational ideas. Use that to reach new intellectual heights.
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What explains our propensity to blame the victim, even in cases of sexual assault and rape? A true story of sexual crime in America reveals some key misunderstandings we may all hold.
It’s discovered thousands. But how many more are out there? “How vast those Orbs must be, and how inconsiderable this Earth, the Theatre upon which all our mighty Designs, all our […]
As more intellectuals seek a common ground between the left-right divide, these ten books offer insights on how to navigate challenging topics.
How relatable was Trump’s speech? To evaluate this objectively, you could look at what reading level it was at.
In this radical view, the universe is a giant supercomputer processing particles as bits.
Does this mean they can read your mind against your will?
The neutron star-neutron star merger was initially only seen in 1 detector out of 3. Here’s how scientists didn’t let it slip away. On August 17th, 2017, a gravitational wave event […]
Neurons in the human brain produce photons, and are apparently capable of being the infrastructure for light-based communication and activity.
Cute things are usually vulnerable, fragile, and weak. But cuteness itself is mighty indeed.
A new study of 46,034 brain scans suggests women’s brains are more active than men’s.
AI has not only beat chess, Go, and Jeopardy champions, but now it has defeated some of the world’s best poker players. And unlike chess or Go, playing poker involves unknown information like bluffing.
Is life worse or better than non-existence? And if it is, who is judging? Welcome to anti-natalism, a small but lively corner of philosophy.
Aiming for the nearest star would necessitate a whole slew of advances. Even if the mission fails, humanity wins by investing in itself. There have been some magnificent moments in NASA […]
With quantum teleportation now occurring from Earth to satellites, how long is it before we can teleport a human being? “There would be no Star Trek unless there were transporter malfunctions.” –LeVar […]