How the gaps in gravity contour the next frontiers in the quest to understand the fundaments of what we are. By Maria Popova Complement with an animated look at the little loophole in the Big Bang model, then revisit the…
Inherent biases in the quantum propensities for alternative physical outcomes provide varying amounts of free will, which can be quantified with the expected information gain from learning the actual course of action chosen by the nervous system. For example, neuronal electric…
The following philosophers were elected as Corresponding Fellows: There were 84 new fellows elected in total. You can see the full list of them here. The following philosophers were elected as new UK Fellows: The British Academy, the UK’s national…
Dismantling these fallacies might be especially challenging in America, in whose young mind Emerson’s cry of rugged individualism still reverberates: “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” But half a century of quiet, empirically unassailable research into the…
The current project seeks to explore this relationship both empirically and theoretically. Based upon the working hypothesis that forgiveness prompts a psychological process of emotional reappraisal of memories of past wrongdoing, the experimental aspect of the project aims to investigate…
Young, passionate, and poor, they headed for the Rocky Mountains to build a research station for controlled study of how various environmental conditions impact plants, their acclimatization, and their relationships. Wildflowers from Rocky Mountain Flowers by Edith Clements, 1914. (Available…
Subscribe to CNET Now for the day’s most interesting reviews, news stories and videos. James Martin/CNET Hackers took over more 130 accounts including those of Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Kanye West, Barack Obama and other notable figures in July 2020 and…
How to Operate a Lab Setting up a philosophy lab doesn’t rival the complexity of setting up a STEM lab: no need to purchase 0K of equipment or wrangle with facilities administrators to secure extra space on campus. Still, some…
When the whole system is ready, the idea is that a Starship loaded with cargo or passengers will be placed atop a Super Heavy, which will boost it out of our atmosphere. The Super Heavy can then return for a…
In the 1930s, hundreds of European academics fled to the United States, escaping the quickly deteriorating political situation on the continent. Among them were a few dozen philosophers from a variety of schools: logical empiricists, critical theorists, and phenomenologists. Especially…