Three phases in brain development led to the creation of religion. What we do with that is up to us.
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A new study highlights the new ethical dilemmas caused by the rise of robotic and autonomous technology, like self-driving cars.
Astrophysicists have been looking for worlds like Proxima b since the 19th century. At last, they’re found! This article is contributed by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in […]
Emotional hacking is real with implications toward mental health. What if this got into the wrong hands? We could be joyously enslaved without the emotional countenance to fight back.
Float tanks are increasing in popularity due to their role in stress reduction and even altered states of consciousness.
Most amusement parks like Disney and Six Flags pride themselves on being family friendly attractions. These parks do not.
They’re judged to be “standard candles” and the greatest cosmic distance indicators. What if they’re not so standard? “It’s everywhere, really. It’s between the galaxies. It is in this room. […]
“Where did it come from” is pretty high up there! “Space is certainly something more complicated than the average person would probably realize. Space is not just an empty background in […]
What secrets did Shakespeare take to his grave 400 years ago? Are the plays the thing to unlock the mysteries of literature’s king?
Scientists will combine stem cells, lasers, and other techniques to (hopefully) reanimate the brain stems of 20 brain dead patients. The technique has promise, and perhaps unforeseen pitfalls.
Siddhartha Mukherjee explores the genetics of sex and sexual identity in his new book, The Gene: An Intimate History.
Thanks to modern brain imaging technology, researchers have been able to discover how memory works, and how to manipulate it.
The massive black holes that formed LIGO’s first event were a surprise, and then a mystery. Here’s the long-awaited solution! “Black holes can bang against space-time as mallets on a […]
That our atoms come from stars? You’ve got to think bigger than that! “The older people that one admires seem to be fearless. They go right out into the world. It’s […]
If we came along too soon, would we ever have discovered dark energy? “Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth of any aspect of the universe, I will not […]
Before #OscarsSoWhite and #MoviesSoBland, William Cameron Menzies turned American movies into art.
The FBI issued a PSA this week warning us of how hackers can take control of our cars. Its time for a software upgrade.
Monty Python’s Terry Jones argues that economics isn’t a science—it’s history! Forgetting that history inevitably dooms us to the next financial crisis.
Robotic cars are coming. The IT and automobile industries have the throttle wide open to be the first to get the human out of the loop. The “Google Car” is […]
Therapeutic research on LSD stopped in 1968. Now we’re rediscovering its value.
Alan Watts recognized that money was only an abstract idea compared to actual wealth. Will we ever learn the same?
Neuroscience research shows that variety is important for healthy individuals and healthy societies.
Some parents are diagnosing their attention-deficient children as heavenly beings thanks to Internet blogs.
Technology has helped us prolong life indefinitely. But that brings with it a lot of ethical questions, and questionable practices when it comes to brain death.
If tattoos had always been as popular as they are today, here is what Charles Darwin, Henry V, Lord Nelson, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama might have inked.
Freud was much more than the Id and Oedipus, and he may be the answer to today’s problems.
About 1.15 million people in the U.S. have died from gun violence since John Lennon’s death 35 years ago. What can his life and music tell us about how to respond to violence, intolerance, and hate?
It depends where you look. The answer is relatively awesome! “If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough.” –Mario Andretti One of Einstein’s most famous fundamental laws is that […]
How we went from our Milky Way, alone, to the entire Universe. “Gamow was fantastic in his ideas. He was right, he was wrong. More often wrong than right. Always […]
Why did Jackie Robinson have to break baseball’s color line in 1947 after another man broke it almost 70 years before?