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Imagination Institute’s Scott Barry Kaufman talks brain networks – daydreaming, how to have better ideas, and the left-brained vs. right-brained myth.
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Looking into the great, dark unknown was a mystery for thousands of years. No longer! “Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can’t construct a […]
There are some who feel that cemeteries should be treated as sacred places and should be exempt from the Pokemon experience. There are others who feel that they want to catch a Pokemon right now.
“I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food.” — W. C. Fields
Authorities in France and Scotland are taking very different approaches to Islamic dress in their societies.
Scientists have been able to render echolocation data to show what a dolphin sees.
Self-compassion is a better strategy for feeling good about yourself than the promotion of self-esteem.
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 […]
A group of German researchers are developing a way for robots to process pain. This “artificial robot nervous system” is designed to allow the robots to “feel” and avoid further unwanted stimulus.
Cooking indoors with solid fuels can lead to a variety of respiratory illnesses, and even death.
With gift ideas from as little as $11, there might be something to tickle anyone’s fancy. “It is worthy of notice that in Table VI the brighter variables have the longer […]
Rumors of a terrorist gunman escalated at LAX. A panicked crowd trampled an old woman, snapping her femur. In our best Dick Cheney voice: “If you allow blind fear to disrupt society, the terrorists have already won.”
A group of expert geologists declared that a new epoch influenced by human impact has begun.
If perfected, Gene therapy promises to heal in one shot, without complications or side effects.
13.8 billion years is a great number. But how sure are we of this, and how did we get there? “Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We […]
Casual sex isn’t as mindless as it seems, with people actually looking for love, and influenced by brain chemistry and genes.
Researchers present what they’ve learned now that they can read the tiny text inside the Antikythera mechanism.
Scientists discover that a hidden underground network of fungi allows carbon to go from one tree to another.
“What we perceive as color — what we perceive as light — corresponds to a very narrow band of frequencies, out of an infinite continuum,” says Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek.
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Nikola Tesla, Franz Kafka, and Winston Churchill all practiced polyphasic sleep.
Might Armageddon come not from an asteroid or a comet, but by something completely unseen altogether? “Honestly, if you’re given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don’t say ‘what […]
You’d think in the age of Uber and Airbnb someone would have figured out how to put Big Textbook in its place. Unfortunately, it’s a lot more complicated than just waving a magical disruption wand and putting Follett out of business.
Pascal’s Wager has been betted on for three-and-a-half centuries. Was he asking the right question?
Scientists still don’t know, but the answer could hold the key to the expanding, accelerating Universe. “Scratch a cynic and you’ll find a disappointed idealist.” –Jon F. Merz When you […]
The press says yes. But what does the science say? “This isn’t my life anymore, Mulder. I’m done chasing monsters in the dark.” –Dana Scully, X-files Without a doubt, one […]
Each might be as heavy as an asteroid and as tiny as a decimal point.
Having studied the ancient philosophers and their ideas of the virtues required to be an ideal man, Benjamin Franklin created his own list of thirteen virtues.
And can we even agree on the definition of ‘nothingness’? “Alone, I often fall down into nothingness. I must push my foot stealthily lest I should fall off the edge […]