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What’s the truth about one of history’s most mythologized order of knights?
Even underground, there would still be a helicopter hovering overhead
Scientists are supposed to reach their conclusions after doing research and weighing the evidence but, in economics, conclusions can come first, with economists supporting a thesis that fits their moral worldview.
What would it be like to experience the 4th dimension?
The scientific quest for immortality is predicated on the belief that evidence may already exist in the form of Near-Death Experiences and reincarnation.
If the gravity isn’t where the matter is, things get into trouble very, very quickly. The above image, a composite of optical data, X-ray data, and a reconstructed mass map, is […]
In this radical view, the universe is a giant supercomputer processing particles as bits.
The study may help us develop a new biomarker for obesity and even type 2 diabetes.
It’s had an impact on both women and men.
Go back to school, Agora style. Philosophy can train us to respond to life’s problems rather than merely react. One such training camp is coming to Baltimore.
DEFCON hackers find it’s really easy to hack U.S. voting machines.
Today, we are in the golden age of meltdowns. More and more of our systems are in the danger zone, but our ability to manage them hasn’t quite caught up.
Last week, the crew found themselves in the mirror Universe. Here’s what science has to say about that. Star Trek: Discovery entered their midseason hiatus on a terrific cliffhanger: they had […]
The same technique is used by crime scene investigators in the FBI.
“We’re coming to understand the basic building blocks of personality,” Dr. Fisher said.
There is, and never will be, a substitute for the real knowledge we’ve obtained about the actual Universe. “There are two infinities that confuse me: the one in my soul […]
It’s not that the brain is a quantum computer, but that we can use quantum theory to explain it.
There are four main traits of temperament and two subsets of each. Which are you?
Men have become much more aggressive with women in their negotiation style since Donald Trump became president, according to a new Game Theory based economics study. More aggressive tactics by men are leading to reduced mutual benefits and a destruction of value in negotiations.
Researchers used a technique from biology to illustrate how Pacific Asian cultures developed.
If you think we’ve seen all there is to see in the Universe, you’re about to have your imagination unlocked. “Hubble often takes images of distant gravitationally lensed galaxies to […]
A study of the zinc left behind at a plutonium blast site shows that it’s identical to what’s in moon rocks, supporting the idea of an explosive lunar origin.
There are continuous gaps in consciousness when information is processed and you lose a sense of time says new research.
We claim it’s the leftover glow from the Big Bang, but where is this light actually coming from? “We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we […]
Percy Shelley’s 1811 essay, “The Necessity of Atheism,” still speaks volumes today.
Dreams might be a whole lot sexier than we thought – but not because of their narrative content. Neurologist Patrick McNamara’s theory links the biological changes in our brains during sleep to human’s inherent desire to procreate.
And if it were, is there any way we could detect that this were the case? “Do I believe, for example, that by using magic I could fly? No. How would […]
Something isn’t right about the Universe without something extra. So why can’t scientists agree on what that “extra” thing is? “All we know so far is what doesn’t work.” –Richard Feynman […]