- The transcendent brain: Humans are evolutionarily drawn to beauty. How do such complex experiences emerge from a collection of atoms and molecules?
- What constitutes a mind? Lars Chittka challenges our perception of sentience with the smallest of creatures.
- A pair of identical twins accused of cheating at a South Carolina medical school have been awarded a $1.5 million payout by a jury that agreed the sisters “are genetically predisposed to behave the same way.”
- Related? Are these Australian sisters evidence of twin telepathy?
- Elon Musk’s Neuralink is reportedly facing a federal probe on animal welfare grounds, with around 1,500 test animal deaths since 2018.
- ‘Zombie’ viruses have been revived from Siberian permafrost. Could they infect people?
- The search for alien life just got 1,000 times bigger after new telescope joins the hunt.
- Scientists propose mind-bending plan to look for dark matter by sending a spacecraft loaded with quantum clocks to explore what strange things are bound to our sun.
- Is there an afterlife? See how your answer compares to polled Americans.
- Related: The top five phenomena that offer evidence for an afterlife.
- The Elgin Marbles may finally return to Greece, after being removed by British nobility.
- Why archaeologists are not looking for Atlantis.
- Teleporting and psychedelic mushrooms: a history of St Nicholas, Santa, and his helper.
Quote of the Day:
Can a truly absurd universe so convincingly mimic a meaningful one?
Paul Davies
