While progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms behind consciousness, a seemingly limitless neuronal interaction makes discovering a point of origin challenging.
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How the bulge, disk, and halo stars of Andromeda reveal lessons we cannot see about our own galaxy. “He who would search for pearls must dive below.” –John Dryden The Milky […]
According to neuroscience, fear is killing us.
Research into the Japanese concept of “forest bathing” offers insightful and helpful lessons on stress, health, and creativity.
Credit card debt is an increasing problem for many Americans. It seems insurmountable, but it can be overcome. It just needs to be conquered one step at a time, and […]
The Perseid meteor shower is coming, which may put you in the mindset to wonder “What causes a meteor shower?”
One group of scientists has brought attention to a possible side-effect of these deep-space missions to the moon: heart disease.
The strongest pull for hundreds of millions of light years goes toe-to-toe against the most energetic force of all. “We detect motion along this axis, but right now our data cannot […]
Nikola Tesla, one of history’s most celebrated inventors, has an unexpected connection to the current U.S. Elections.
The map of Spain is tattooed into the Catalan landscape, as indelible streets and avenues
Many predictions by Nikola Tesla, one of the world’s most celebrated inventors, have already come true and some might in the near future.
The movement’s members demanded the voting rights for women and advocated against gender discrimination in political and economic life.
Americans are as divided as ever, and we may not even agree on what freedom is anymore. The ideas of Isaiah Berlin may shed some light on the subject.
And it doesn’t mean we should give up, but it does mean we’ve got a lot of work to do! “‘Star Trek’ says that it has not all happened, it has […]
Bill Nye changed his mind. Over a hundred Nobel laureates are combating Greenpeace. Will activists ever consider the science?
New analyses of data gathered by the 2001 Mars Odyssey rover reveals that water molecules are bound up in the very soil of Mars.
German researchers find an unexpected source for new antibiotics as growing drug resistance threatens to cause worldwide epidemics.
The LUX experiment just set the tightest bounds ever on dark matter, and may lead us down a different path entirely. “For me the best answer is not in words […]
Nuts!, a new documentary film by Penny Lane, focuses on John R. Brinkley, a “doctor” who amassed a fortune by surgically inserting pieces of a goats’ testicles to treat impotence in men.
Researchers possibly identify LUCA, the common ancestor to all life on Earth, and figure out where it lived.
While there are presently more than ~10²³ stars in the Universe shining today, each one of them is fated to live only for a finite amount of time. While more […]
Over 3,000 studies have shown acupuncture to be no better than a placebo. Yet it has led researchers to discover something that might aid in pain relief.
https://players.brightcove.net/2097119709001/4kXWOFbfYx_default/index.html?videoId=5042734601001 In the more than 40 years since Apollo ended, we’ve never gone farther. “I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before.” –Michael Collins On […]
We all know that sunny days make us happy — but did you know that they also make us gamble? And that warm weather leads to both less sexual activity and higher incidents of depression?
Researchers find an unlikely source for the next superfood.
When the Viking landers ran their three experiments looking for life, one came up positive. That’s still a mystery. “This suggests a robust biological response. These analyses support the interpretation that […]
A number of prominent world leaders are avowed atheists and there’s no reason the American President has to be religious.
Up to 70 per cent of runners are injured every year. Is this really necessary?
What is former President Bill Clinton’s election endorsement worth to people who were toddlers or teens during his time in office?
The infrared reveals stars — and a surprising population of failed stars — we’ve never seen before. “…innumerable stars, thousands of double and multiple systems, clusters in one blaze with their tens of thousands of […]