The Present Doesn’t Exist: How Neuroscience Challenges Our Perception of Time
“The present is merely a memory being processed.” The Present Doesn’t Exist: How Neuroscience Challenges Our Perception of Time. This…
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The Future of Food: Large-Scale – Lab-Grown Meat Production
The Future of Food: Large-Scale – Lab-Grown Meat Production. In recent years, the world has faced mounting challenges in addressing…
A Glimpse into the Future of Longevity
Will Humans Soon Live to 200? A Glimpse into the Future of Longevity. Humanity has always harbored a fascination with…
AI is cracking a hard problem – giving computers a sense of smell
A rose by any other name would not smell as sweet to a robot. estt/iStock via Getty Images Ambuj Tewari,…
The Matrix Hypothesis: Unveiling the Illusion of Reality
The Matrix Hypothesis: Unveiling the Illusion of Reality – In an era where technological advancements blur the lines between the…
Several companies are testing brain implants – why is there so much attention swirling around Neuralink?
Brain-computer interfaces have the potential to transform some people’s lives, but they raise a host of ethical issues, too. Andriy…
Popularly known as ‘gas station heroin,’ tianeptine is being sold as a dietary supplement – with deadly outcomes
Neptune’s Fix, a tianeptine-containing “Elixir” as it’s labeled, is one of the most common of these products. U.S. Food and…
‘Collective mind’ bridges societal divides
Paying attention to the same thing strengthens bonds between observers. Carlos David Gomez/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Garriy Shteynberg, University of…
Your mental dictionary is part of what makes you unique − here’s how your brain stores and retrieves words
Your brain processes letters, words, sounds, semantics and grammar at breakneck speed. StudioM1/iStock via Getty Images Plus Nichol Castro, University…
Friendship research is getting an update – and that’s key for dealing with the loneliness epidemic
Despite stereotypes to the contrary, men can prefer close, one-on-one friendships. Westend61 via Getty Images Jessica D. Ayers, Boise State…
From ancient Jewish texts to androids to AI, a just-right sequence of numbers or letters turns matter into meaning
The power of putting basic elements in just the right order is key to both Jewish mysticism and computer coding.…
The Timeless Appeal of the 1988 Mazda B2200
The Timeless Appeal of the 1988 Mazda B2200: A Golden Ownership Experience Published on October 12, 2023, by R.Burley The…
What is an attosecond? A physical chemist explains the tiny time scale behind Nobel Prize-winning research
Work in attosecond physics has led to a better understanding of how electrons move around. Oselote/iStock via Getty Images Aaron…
Summer 2023 was the hottest on record – yes, it’s climate change, but don’t call it ‘the new normal’
Kansas City’s baseball stadium ran misters to cool people off in heat near 100 degrees on June 28, 2023. AP…
Researchers turned superglue into a recyclable, cheap, oil-free plastic alternative
Researchers discovered a way to turn superglue into strong, clear plastic that can be made into many shapes. Allison Christy,…
After oil: the challenge and promise of getting the world off fossil fuels – podcast
Moving beyond our dependency on oil requires developing viable alternative energies. (Shutterstock) Nehal El-Hadi, The Conversation and Daniel Merino, The…
Super-Earths are bigger, more common and more habitable than Earth itself – and astronomers are discovering more of the billions they think are out there
Astronomers think the most likely place to find life in the galaxy is on super-Earths, like Kepler-69c, seen in this…
