Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.
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They could also “turn off” their fear.
The new tool may someday be used in work that needs a light touch.
Going door-to-door on All Hallows Eve to beg for ‘soul cakes’?
65 million years ago, an asteroid strike caused the 5th great mass extinction. Could we save Earth, today, from a similar event?
Researchers have discovered 830-million-year-old microbes living inside a salt rock on Earth. Could the same occur on Mars?
Is it groupthink? Or is there a deeper reason? In the early half of the 20th century, even after the discovery of the expanding Universe, physicists considered a wide variety of […]
Whether you’re developing or in the market for corporate training videos, these examples from PwC, Chick-fil-A, and others are sure to impress.
But the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope compels us to add, “so far.” Beginning with its 1990 launch, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope revolutionized our conception of the Universe. This photo of […]
What was this mammoth tusk doing on the ocean floor 150 miles from land?
More than any other of Einstein’s equations, E = mc² is the most recognizable to people. But what does it all mean?
Frank Slater’s book “Practical Portrait Painting” reveals the secrets of masters old and new, from Leonardo da Vinci to Augustus John.
An interview with CRISPR co-discoverer and Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Jennifer Doudna.
Science cannot help us understand or describe first-person experience. Zen koans are a powerful form for helping us reach that description.
The stone camel sculptures, seven in total and originally uncovered back in 2018, far predate more famous monuments.
Scallop shells have accompanied pilgrims to and from Santiago de Compostela for centuries, for more than one reason
In 2006, Pluto was demoted in a very controversial decision. Unless you ignore nearly all of planetary science, it’ll never be one again.
When you view your right hand in a mirror, it appears as a left hand. Writing is reversed, as is the direction of any spinning object: clockwise becomes counterclockwise and […]
1859’s Carrington event gave us a preview of how catastrophic the Sun could be for humanity. But it could get even worse than we imagined.
And why, even at its faintest, it always outshines every other star and planet. If you’ve been looking to the west after sunset recently, you may have noticed that there’s one […]
The ANITA experiment found cosmic rays shooting out of Antarctica. One interpretation claims “parallel Universes,” but is that right?
Ev Fedorenko’s Interesting Brains Project highlights the human brain’s remarkable capacity to adapt, reorganize in the face of early damage.
A strange philosophical thought experiment forces us to ask if the world can be completely described in physical terms.
On Earth, carbon can form millions of compounds, while silicon is largely stuck inside rocks. But elsewhere, silicon could form the basis of life.
Two stellar mass black holes, if they merge in the vicinity of a supermassive black hole, could have their gravitational wave signal affected by the strongly curved space around them. […]
Horses pranced around the western hemisphere until they went extinct in the late Holocene. They were reintroduced by European colonists — though where, when, and how has remained unclear.
Fear creates distraction, and that can be a positive experience.
The separation of conjoined twins is fraught with stomach-churning biomedical and ethical challenges.
Time for a status check before watching “Moon Knight.”
Two new studies shed light on who first inhabited the islands, who replaced them, and how few people lived there.