“To be ignorant of causes is to be frustrated in action.” So wrote Francis Bacon, counsel to Queen Elizabeth I of England and key architect of the scientific method. In […]
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That Nietzsche quote might not mean what you think it does.
Could a theory from the science of perception help crack the mysteries of psychosis?
An evolutionary biologist explains why you probably won’t grow a tail.
Why should it be considered impolite to discuss something so important to our long-term well-being?
Every year, scientists like George Church get better at editing the genomes of human beings. But will genome editing help or hurt us?
Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.
A physicist creates an AI algorithm that predicts natural events and may prove the simulation hypothesis.
Democritus also did not believe in free will but was still known as the “laughing philosopher.”
Can spacekime help us make headway on some of the most pernicious inconsistencies in physics?
Apart from divine authority, is there an ethical basis for right and wrong?
In the name of fighting horrific crimes, Apple threatens to open Pandora’s box.
A new model of the Antikythera mechanism reveals a “creation of genius.”
The compound found in “magic mushrooms” has significant and fast-acting impact on the brains of rats.
Nietzsche both wished he was as stupid as a cow so he wouldn’t have to contemplate existence, and pitied cows for being so stupid that they couldn’t contemplate existence.
We only detected our very first gravitational wave in 2015. Over the next two decades, we’ll have thousands more.
What happens when simulation theory becomes more than a fascinating thought experiment?
Evidence shows that information is transmitted via “complex contagion.”
Philosopher and logician Kurt Gödel upended our understanding of mathematics and truth.
Scott Dikkers discusses comedy, the creative process, and life lessons learned playing peekaboo.
Can we stop a rogue AI by teaching it ethics? That might be easier said than done.
Argentina’s black market for cash is embracing crypto — but it’s not what crypto proponents expected.
75 years after Erwin Schrödinger’s prescient description of something like DNA, we still don’t know the “laws of life.”
It occurred naturally, and scientists know this for certain. Starting in late 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, began infecting human beings for the very first time. Discovered in samples […]
Exploring how a small change in your DNA sequence can make you a natural blonde.
Positive, romantic thoughts could produce positive, romantic outcomes while dating.
Galaxies can have regions both hotter and colder than the background radiation of the Universe. When we talk about the depths of space, we get this picture in our heads […]
The Standard Model and General Relativity can’t be all there is. But how will we discover what lies beyond them? One of the biggest problems with physics is that, apart from […]