By devising the first truly brilliant physics experiment, Galileo gave us the equations of motion we still use today. “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point […]
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John Eliot Gardiner looks at what we know if Johan Sebastian Bach’s argumentative life.
Groundbreaking brain scans by a crowdfunded study at Imperial College London show how LSD affects the brain and consciousness.
Without a boost, they’ll all come crashing down. “I’m here for several reason, Mr. Pepin, first of all for aid. When something tragic happens in our skies, we do our utmost […]
Kevin Dutton presents the warning signs that someone close to you is a psychopath.
We often now picture our minds in unsound ways. They’re built to resonate to poetry. We’ve all but lost the memory of poetry’s historic role in molding minds (that’s the unsung pretext of Plato’s poetry ban). Poetry is a key cognitive technology , so powerful it was the Internet of its time.
Did Haiti just get the help it needs from an innovative startup?
Celebrating Hispanic culture, the map-shaped fountain is one of Zaragoza’s more curious attractions
Spiritual capitalism started in the sixties. Today it has been mastered.
How did human blood types evolve to what they are today? Some scientists believe it was our first defense against disease.
Where do our best ideas come from? As it turns out, science says there are a number of ways to help prime the brain for divergent thinking. If you’ve hit a creative roadblock, here are a few ways to get the ideas flowing.
A view that no one ever had — not even from space — until Astronaut Don Pettit changed everything with these stunning photographs. “This job is a great scientific adventure. But it’s also a […]
The UN Happiness Report this year includes happiness inequality. Learn how it affects you, and what you can do to lead a happier life.
A lay explanation of what brainwaves actually are.
“Rage Yoga” is a new yoga movement that includes drinking beer, yelling out obscenities and a heavy metal soundtrack.
Should George Clooney’s character have floated away? Or do the laws of physics tell a different story? “You’ve got to learn to let go.” –Matt Kowalski, Gravity The movies play […]
Experiment doesn’t fund projects: it funds people. And it’s helping make scientists out of everyone – especially students.
Comedian Ruby Wax explains the brain like no one else.
Neil deGrasse Tyson and others consider whether alien diseases have the potential to wipe out humanity and maybe already have in the past.
VR is Poised to Change Many Facets of Healthcare. Find out How.
Just hearing two languages helps babies develop cognitive skills before they even speak. Here’s how – and how you can help them develop those skills.
There are certain skills that schools need to make sure kids have. The ol’ “Reading, Writing, Arithmetic” is a starting point, but there’s an entire realm of education that our kids need to know — and some are not getting it.
What secrets did Shakespeare take to his grave 400 years ago? Are the plays the thing to unlock the mysteries of literature’s king?
How does life bounce-back after an extinction-level event? Researchers are studying how the therapsid Lystrosaurus survived through one of the “Big Five” extinction events. It may help scientists predict how Earth will bounce-back from the mass extinction we’re witnessing today.
And if relativity tells us there’s no such thing as “absolute motion,” how do we measure it? “The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It’s less about […]
A DEA memo reveals that the agency is considering removing marijuana from its list of Schedule 1 substances.
A new DNA study of ancient mummies shows the complete extinction of first Americans after the arrival of Europeans and provides support for the Bering Strait Theory.
A stunning new image of ALMA’s protoplanetary disk sheds light on planetary formation. “TW Hydrae is quite special. It is the nearest known protoplanetary disc to Earth and it may […]
A Tibetan artist explains what’s at the center of a Buddhist wheel of life.
Learn what PTSD does to the brain, and how someone can bounce back.