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Five Trends That Help Us Make Sense of Space Science Today
Why Animals Don’t Really Have Anything Much to Say
Bacteria Have Memories? Well, That’s What Some Researchers Found…
Citizen Scientist Forrest Mims Tells His Remarkable Life Story
In his new book “Maverick Scientist,” he details the ups and downs of an extraordinarily productive life in science, with few credentials to hide behind
How Life Differs From Matter: It Intentionally Uses Information
Forget Stuff? Relax. Your Mind Is Likely Functioning As It Should
Recent research suggests that memories can sometimes be in a “dormant” stage due to interference
Gregory Chaitin’s New Books About Math Make It Actual Fun
He is a favorite podcast guest of ours and, it turns out, a fan of Mind Matters
Does Mathematics Belong to an Eternal Realm?
What AI Will Probably Really Do to White Collar Businesses
The tech media are full of scare stories but we can look at what happened when advanced technology hit blue collar industries as a guide
Will the Driving Force for Space Exploration Be a Religious Cult?
Consciousness Wars Still Simmer, Despite Peacekeeping Efforts
Robert J. Marks on the Copyright Lawsuits Against the Chatbots
Essentially, the salad of material that the chatbot produces for users contains thousands of ingredients lifted without compensation from copyright holders
Robert J. Marks to speak at Big Sky Conference in Billings, Montana
He will focus on the way in which, while AI offers exciting possibilities, many claims for AI are provably overblown
Do People Who Speak Different Languages Think Differently?
For centuries, linguists found that an intriguing, attractive idea but there is no clear evidence for it
A Commonsense Defense of Idealism
Idealism is the most compelling final destination for former dualists, writes Douglas Axe
Andrew McDiarmid on Teens and Smartphones
We can mitigate the mental health crisis, but we have to act now.
What Is Google’s Real Business?
The Placebo Effect Shows That the Mind Is Real
The Atlantic Warns of Smartphones in Schools. But Is Anyone Listening?
While word is getting out, there's still a long ways to go.This week, we ran a post covering a new public policy brief from the Institute for Family Studies and the Ethics and Public Policy Center. The brief conclusively demonstrated the tangible harms involved in exposing kids to the online world before they’re ready. The researchers concluded, in addition, that parents should not give their children digital devices. The stakes are too high, from increased risk of mental health disorders to learning impairments. Such warnings have been increasing over the past few years, thanks in large part to the in-depth research of people like Jonathan Haidt and Jean Twenge. The Atlantic published an article today on how smartphones are hurting kids’ cognitive and learning capacities. Derek Thompson writes, Researchers such as Read More ›