Advocates of free will can rest easy, for now. A 30-year-old classic experiment that is often used to argue against free will might have been misinterpreted.
Narcissism has long gotten a bad rap. Its unseemly reputation dates back at least to ancient Greek mythology, in which the handsome hunter Narcissus (who undoubtedly would be gloating over his present-day fame) discovered his own reflection in a pool of water and fell in love with it. Narcissus was so transfixed by his image…
Could sad music be perpetuating our sullen views and upbeat tunes optimizing our optimistic outlook?
Delighted to share this video of String Theory set to Bohemian Rapsody by A Capella Science. This video and two others are the work of Timothy Blaise, a graduate student in theorectical physics at McGill University. Enjoy!
The Environmental Protection Agency and the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, which reviews all proposed federal regulations, have never used job figures as part of the calculus of the costs and benefits of rule-making, largely because there is no accepted methodology for assessing them. But the Institute for Policy Integrity at New…
Traditionally most religions led us to believe that the universe is inherently meaningful, thus giving humans a sense of belonging to something of great importance. However, modern science seems to have made the classical hierarchical vision untenable.
A new survey from the Pew Research Center finds wide gaps in how different generations view politics. Older voters are more conservative, more angry at the government, and less hopeful about the future of the country. Younger voters lean left, wish the government played a greater role in their lives, and believe the nation’s best…