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A balanced discussion of the realities, the mythologies, and the concerns surrounding cutting-edge brain research.
We’ve put so much together about the Universe. Could it all come tumbling down? We’re always on the lookout for the next big thing, and even our best guesswork is often […]
Disagreements are inevitable — we all have different experiences that lead us to be who we are and to what we believe. Almost as inevitable are distrust, suspicion, and even […]
The Bajau people's nomadic lifestyle has given them remarkable adaptions, enabling them to stay underwater for unbelievable periods of time. Their lifestyle, however, is quickly disappearing.
An innovation may lead to lifelike evolving machines.
There are reasons you look the way you do.
Policy advisor Simon Anholt believes the question we should ask is, which country is the "goodest"?
And what do we still have left to learn? The original idea of a black hole goes all the way back to 1783, when Cambridge scientist John Michell recognized that a […]
Researchers hope the technology will further our understanding of the brain, but lawmakers may not be ready for the ethical challenges.
Believe it or not, for a few decades, giving people "milk transfusions" was all the rage.
Upstreamism advocate Rishi Manchanda calls us to understand health not as a "personal responsibility" but a "common good."
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Digitally recording historical sites could serve as insurance in the case of disaster.
The first image of an Event Horizon is here. Here’s what it means. Variety isn’t just the spice of life, but a natural consequence of living in our Universe. Gravitation, obeying […]
Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, is a programmer. When he got the idea to begin posting free online classes, he was able to get the basic infrastructure in place […]
The map shows the movements of seven different wolves over the course of a season.
The calorie is the basic unit of measure of food — and it might be off.
Philosopher Alan Watts thoughts on the the all-pervading presence of nature.
We’ve never seen an image of a black hole’s event horizon before. Here’s what we’re expecting, based on what we already know. For hundreds of years, physicists have hypothesized that the […]