Artist Charles Krafft’s enjoyed a dark, edgy, “don’t you see the irony” reputation for more than 20 years now. Krafft’s Nazi-inspired ceramics (such as his portrait bust of Adolf Hitler’s […]
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Researchers at Cornell University were recently able to tell who certain individuals were thinking of, given a set of four possible people through the course of an experiment.
“The owl of Minerva,” Hegel wrote, “takes its flight only when the shades of night are gathering.” A year ago I launched Praxis as a forum for thinking reflectively about […]
Although only 50 or so participants appeared at the all-male event, its sponsors feel it’s a small step towards changing gender attitudes in an India fractured by recent violent attacks on women.
Citing that it causes confusion, the Mid-Devon local government will discuss proposals to remove the punctuation mark from street signs altogether. Unsurprisingly, language and grammar purists are outraged.
Not only does the image represent our growing understanding of the physical processes in the brain, it represents our willingness to accept neuroscientific explanations for just about anything.
If consciousness is a result of physical processes in the brain, then it seems that every experience can be reduced to the interplay of physical elements. But not so fast, say some philosophers.
Over the past couple of years, my thinking has been greatly influenced by the “Prophets of Progress”—people like Stephen Pinker, Matt Ridley, Stephen Johnson, Hans Rosling, and Peter Diamandis to […]
Inventors rarely have those hallowed ‘Eureka’ moments. Developing an idea and making it work takes time and patience. While technology develops fast, successful ideas take time to finesse.
An important addendum to the fact that humans are social animals is that we are socially constrained animals, says Jeffrey Kahn, associate professor of psychiatry at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
Racial profiling is a threat to public health because it exposes people to discrimination and the fear of discrimination. Race may be a social construct, but racism materializes in poor health.
The Pope is not just the supremo of the Catholic Church, he is also the head of state of the Vatican
Two weeks after an infant was reportedly cured of HIV, 14 adults have been declared functionally cured of the virus thanks to the early intervention of antiretroviral drug treatments.
The toxicity of chemical sprays that kill bacteria often prove hazardous to our own health and the create resistant strains. But nanotechnology may be able to naturally kill harmful bacteria.
A thin wire mesh on the surface of the skin could allow for the wireless transmission of health metrics, such as temperature and hydration, to central medical stations in hospitals.
“The possibilities that lie in the future are infinite. When I say ‘It is our duty to remain optimists,’ this includes not only the openness of the future but also […]
A small but growing number of people are using the latest technologies to give themselves abilities that look and sound like something out of an X-Men comic.
One of Sandberg’s important points, in my opinion, is that women should cross the bridge of work-family conflict when they get to it.
There is simply no way that a comprehensive human brain simulation will be feasible in the near future.
Imagine a group of senior vice presidents sitting around a massive conference table in their company’s board room. The CEO suddenly resigned and it’s up to this huge and now […]
Medical institutions must continue to insist on equipping doctors with creative skills, whether that means learning to paint or write poetry, in order to compliment increasingly mechanistic protocols.
Ray is a line of chairs and desks that’s become popular in some European schools because it encourages users to make constant “micro-movements” that engage the feet and core muscles.
We’re moving into an era in which we’ll understand how to induce creativity.
Findings from a recent study revealed that test subjects that played one of several genres of games on their smartphones experienced improved cognitive function. Interestingly, players of action games saw the greatest improvements.
This was originally published on the Scientific American guest blog on February 5th How much does environment influence intelligence? Several years ago University of Virginia Professor Eric Turkheimer demonstrated that […]
Arriving in Dutch theaters next month, “AFP” involves viewers in the action by delivering story content to their phones during the movie.
Overheard cell phone conversations are far more distracting than overheard conversations between two or more people, according to a new study involving volunteers and simple word puzzles.
One of the best things I read this week was a piece by Vaughan Bell in the Guardian entitled, “Our Brains, and How They’re Not as Simple as We Think.” […]
Created by researchers at the University of California-Berkeley, the earphones herald a future in which graphene speakers could revolutionize the listening experience.
A Norwegian research organization is working on clothing that will monitor the health of its wearers as they work on oil rigs and other places that experience life-threatening cold.