From Where Does Consciousness Come?
Consciousness emerges as a complex phenomenon within the human mind, yet the specific details regarding the timing, location, and dynamics of neural events facilitating conscious...
Specific Variants of Longevity Gene Common for People Living to 100 Years and Beyond
FOXO3: The Longevity Gene That Helps Humans Live to 100 and Beyond Recent research has solidified the role of the FOXO3 gene as a...
‘Heavy Water’ Might Help Us Live Longer
Mikhail Shchepinov is currently the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) at Retrotope, a biotechnology company based in Los Altos, California. He completed his postdoctoral...
Biologists on the Verge of Creating New Form of Life
Since we know life comes from other life, how could the first life have formed? Historically, large groups of humans have solved this puzzle by...
How Humans Came to Exist: 25 Theories
How can something as complicated as ourselves happen by chance? One answer: Order comes naturally from chaos over time in a universe where order is...
Experts Create Microwave Invisibility Cloak
I saw this invisibility cloak once. It was made of 10 fiberglass rings covered in copper. It bends microwaves around objects like a river...
Humans Are Hardwired for Religion
I once tried to convince a creationist that evolution was real. Turns out, it’s like trying to teach a fish to ride a bicycle. This...