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We do at this point in time need a new Einstein. The one thing that Einstein did, which is so powerful and important in the history of physics is with […]
More Africans are moving to large cities, and some are bringing their livestock with them, along with an increased risk of disease. Rather than banning the animals entirely, Kenyan officials came up with a different solution.
A UN agency reports that outbound travel spending jumped a whopping 40 percent last year, putting the Chinese far ahead of both Germans and Americans.
The hedgehog probes deeply and narrowly; the fox skims lightly and broadly.
With our increasingly global 21st century making the traditional college quadrangle look a little parochial, the Minerva vision is an intriguing development.
In America, brain games have become a multi-million dollar industry that has infiltrated schools and nursing homes, but a new meta-study of their effects throws big assumptions into question.
Recent advances in brain-computer interfaces, which may facilitate brain-brain communication, raise the specter of comic book heroes who effortlessly "talk" to each other without talking at all.
Scientists have identified a set of stem cells capable of generating new neurons in the brain which regulate appetite, overturning the idea that one's desire for food was fixed by genetics for a lifetime.
While apologizing may not always make us feel rosy and sure of ourselves, there are substantial societal benefits achieved through apology which help explain the importance of the behavior.
Researchers at Harvard Medical School, Boston, have successfully connected the minds of humans and rats such that the movement of the rats' tails can be controlled by human thought.
I just returned from spending a weekend with my friend Peter Ragnar at his farm in Kentucky. Peter is a modern-day Shaman, Taoist wizard, natural life scientist, and “self-master” par […]
Did you see that photo of sharks allegedly swimming in a mall in Kuwait? Or the video of the eagle grabbing a baby in Montreal? Both must have been shared […]
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have discovered that individuals' exhalations are as unique as their fingerprints, opening new avenues for medical diagnoses.
There were two really important elements that I discovered when I was looking at women’s history and the history of the women’s movement in the US. The first thing that […]
I don’t think of myself as a taste maker. I think of myself more as a bad taste maker. I’m very pro-bad taste. Bad taste is very important. It’s like […]
I don’t know that I have any ideas. I have notions maybe. I have curiosity. I have a deep appreciation for serendipity. I have a way of living my life, […]
I write this from Yangshuo, China where I am currently based studying Tai Chi and Internal Kungfu. My next journey is to the Wudangshan mountains in Hubei province. This is […]
The nocebo effect, in which patients experience adverse health consequences because they are susceptible to suggestion, has caused an increasingly large number of people to fear Wi-Fi signals.
A British company wants to bring the cooking pot, an essential tool that has remained basically unmodified for hundreds, if not thousands of years, into the present using smart technology.
To decrease the cost of health care, and improve the lives of patients, medical professionals are taking lessons from the developing world, where low-cost treatment is a basic requirement.