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A Tufts philosopher and famed Darwinist wants us to study religion like any other human behavior - as a 'natural phenomenon.' Scientists, meanwhile, may be on the way to explaining how, and why, we got religion.
Scientists may have discovered a possible cause of the "placebo effect", where a sham medical treatment results in a genuine benefit to the patient. A study has found production of a chemical "messenger" in the brain appears to play a critical role.
Researchers studying supplies of copper, zinc and other metals have determined that these finite resources, even if recycled, may not meet the needs of the global population forever, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
According to the study, even the full extraction of metals from the Earth's crust and extensive recycling programs may not meet future demand if all nations begin to use the same services enjoyed in developed nations.
According to the study, even the full extraction of metals from the Earth's crust and extensive recycling programs may not meet future demand if all nations begin to use the same services enjoyed in developed nations.
Antarctica has at least 145 small lakes buried under its ice and one large one called Vostok. Now scientists have found the second and third largest known bodies of subsurface liquid water there.
Exotic ecosystems frozen in time may thrive in the lakes, untouched for 35 million years, scientists said.
Exotic ecosystems frozen in time may thrive in the lakes, untouched for 35 million years, scientists said.
Twenty thousand light years away, in the constellation of Sagittarius near the centre of the Milky Way, a frigid rock is orbiting a small star. Although the distant world is probably too cold ever to support life, scientists believe it is the most Earth-like planet to be discovered beyond our solar system.
Known to astronomers as OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, the planet, described in Nature today, is five times as dense as Earth and orbits its sun at three times the distance Earth is from our own star, leaving surface temperatures at a frosty -220C.
Known to astronomers as OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, the planet, described in Nature today, is five times as dense as Earth and orbits its sun at three times the distance Earth is from our own star, leaving surface temperatures at a frosty -220C.
Brest, France - French police who spent two years trying to identify a woman who was murdered by a blow to the head were relieved to discover the reason their efforts were failing was that the woman died half a millennium ago.
London - A medieval cemetery containing around 1,300 skeletons has been discovered in the central English city of Leicester, archaeologists said Tuesday.
After dropping for about 15 years, the amount of sunlight Earth reflects back into space, called albedo, has increased since 2000, a new study concludes.
That means less energy is reaching the surface. Yet global temperatures have not cooled during the period.
Increasing cloud cover seems to be the reason, but there must also be some other change in the clouds that's not yet understood.
That means less energy is reaching the surface. Yet global temperatures have not cooled during the period.
Increasing cloud cover seems to be the reason, but there must also be some other change in the clouds that's not yet understood.
Biologist Rupert Sheldrake's theories turn everything we know about the universe inside out.
Believe it or not, higher education is linked to a greater tendency to believe in ghosts and other paranormal phenomena, according to a new study.
Comment: Comment: So, if you were a psychopath and in a position of power in the world today, and you read this report, what would be your solution to the problem??