Can psychedelics solve the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness? A Johns Hopkins professor explains.
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We thought the Big Bang started it all. Then we realized that something else came before, and it erased everything that existed prior.
There is more consensus on what heaven looks like than hell.
A group of prominent scientists shares how research has changed them.
For the first time in nearly 1500 years, fewer than half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian.
The science fiction dream of a traversable wormhole is no closer to reality, despite a quantum computer’s suggestive simulation.
A recent study reveals how nerve insulation becomes impaired in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.
De-extinction, if it is ever possible, will not be simple.
A vertical map might better represent a world dominated by China and determined by shipping routes across the iceless Arctic.
Pessimism sounds smart. Optimism sounds dumb. Don’t fall for it, says Wired’s Kevin Kelly.
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In an animal study, it blocked the drug from crossing into the brain.
Inequality should be measured in terms of the time it takes for us to earn the money to buy the things we need. And everyone is getting wealthier.
Collective illusions — false assumptions about society that many people share — have existed for thousands of years in many different ways. Today, because of social media and modern technology, […]
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This small phase 1 study suggests that CRISPR-engineered T cells are safe and potentially effective, but there is a long way to go.
Find your wallet or keys — or a nuclear submarine.
Climate activists’ brand of iconoclasm is far removed from the Beeldenstorm that swept medieval Europe.
Becoming less physically active as you get older is not inevitable.
Perhaps wormholes will no longer be relegated to the realm of science fiction.
A Carrington-magnitude event would kill millions, and cause trillions of dollars in damage. Sadly, it isn’t even the worst-case scenario.
Between the instability of the real estate market and cryptocurrency fluctuations, everyone has been talking about bubbles. But what are they, really?
Compared to Earth, Mars is small, cold, dry, and lifeless. But 3.4 billion years ago, a killer asteroid caused a Martian megatsunami.
“Tristram Shandy” trolled its way to fame.
Like Dua Lipa, he had to create new rules.
A conservator from the Rijksmuseum explains how they went about investigating whether the painting is a genuine Rembrandt.
This scientist collected thousands of secrets. They all had 3 things in common.
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The answer to this question is key to understanding why anything exists.
We’ll never be able to extract any information about what’s inside a black hole’s event horizon. Here’s why a singularity is inevitable.