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Representations of dreams and nightmares in cultures across the world have changed a lot over the centuries. As Netflix’s new series, The Sandman, notes, we…
Pre-Columbian America gave the world a lot of mysteries hidden in impenetrable forests. Researchers are literally bit by bit assembling a puzzle from ancient artifacts…
Everyone remembers the movie Jurassic Park. There, in the laboratory, people “resurrected” several types of dinosaurs. In reality, this is not yet possible. But it…
Scientists are investigating the question of whether there was an advanced civilization in the past that died as a result of global warming, provoked by…
Scientists have calculated exactly how likely you are to be injured or killed by space debris in the next ten years. The chance of someone…
A digital twin is a copy of a person, product, or process that is created using data. This might sound like science fiction, but some…
Psychologist Vanessa LoBue explores the phenomenon of ‘infantile amnesia’ and why we can’t remember our earliest years. Whenever I teach about memory in my child…
We often imagine that human consciousness is as simple as input and output of electrical signals within a network of processing units – therefore comparable…
Does time exist? The answer to this question may seem obvious: of course it does! Just look at a calendar or a clock. But developments…
What is consciousness and how is it generated? There are several theories that try to explain consciousness. One of the most common theories is materialism.…
There are several ways to measure the progress of human civilization. The rise of population, the rise and fall of empires, our technological ability to…
