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A lab identifies which genes are linked to abnormal repetitive behaviors found in addiction and schizophrenia.
Six denominations share the Holy Sepulcher, but not all between them is peace and love.
A revolution of the mind must occur in order for humanity to succeed on a finite planet.
Cannabidiol (CBD) seems to reduce the unpleasantness of pain, a finding that surprised the researchers behind a new, first-of-its-kind study.
Could a pill make you more moral? Should you take it if it could?
Complex organisms and living worlds couldn’t exist without these transitions. You couldn’t make the Universe we have today if everything were always the same. Although many philosophically favored the idea […]
Think you can hide your feelings pretty easily?
The answer seems to be a series of evolutionary trade-offs that help protect organs in women, according to a recent study.
Once a book is published, who gets to interpret it? Us or the author?
Scientists believe they have the answer, but philosophers prove them wrong.
A five-year-old reading a picture book in her pillow fort. A college student and his friends at the midnight matinee. A ninety-year-old watching her soaps. What do they have in […]
The size of rabbits and hares has long been evolutionarily constrained by competitors roughly their size.
American universities used to be small centers of rote learning, but three big ideas turned them into intellectual powerhouses.
We can describe what we see happening, but we don’t understand why. Despite our vast cosmic knowledge, enormous unknowns remain. The quantum fluctuations inherent to space, stretched across the Universe […]
A study from Carnegie Mellon University tracks the travels of tarantulas since the Cretaceous period.
Map shows Europe's imminent Great Leap Forward in battery cell production
While Mars is known as a frozen, red planet today, it has all the evidence we could ask for of a watery past, lasting for approximately the first 1.5 billion […]
The research suggests that roughly 1 percent of galaxy clusters look atypical and can be easily misidentified.
A recent study used fMRI to compare the brains of psychopathic criminals with a group of 100 well-functioning individuals, finding striking similarities.
Counterintuitively, directly combating misinformation online can spread it further. A different approach is needed.