Category: Science
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Your Memories Could Be Resurrected After You Die. We’re Just 20 Years From the First Test, Scientists Say.
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Could that let you live forever? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The idea that physical changes in the brain enable us to store memories has been around for thousands of years. More recently, scientists started thinking that it could be possible to preserve structures in the brain that contain memories and other…
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The Universe Is Intelligent—And Your Brain Is Tapping Into It to Form Your Consciousness, Scientist Says
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That could mean intelligence is a fundamental property that structures like the brain interact with. The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that physical structure may not be where intelligence and consciousness actually come from. Intelligence may exist and evolve on…
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Consciousness May Not Be Uniquely Human, New Theories Suggest—Rewriting Everything We Know About the Mind
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Now, scientists think consciousness might be older and more widespread than previously believed. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Consciousness has long evaded our understanding. Not only are researchers unable to define what consciousness is—whether it be basic self-awareness or some kind of higher connection with the universe—but they also aren’t…
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This Theory Says Time Has Three Dimensions. It ‘Really Messes Up’ What We Know About the Cosmos, Scientists Say
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Getty ImagesBut it also makes the concept of time-traveling into alternate futures a reality. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: What would the universe look like if you could travel faster than light? The answer may provide a surprising explanation to the mysteries of quantum mechanics. Our universe plays by certain rules,…
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Gravity May Be Key Evidence That Our Universe Is a Simulation, Groundbreaking New Research Suggests
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One of nature’s most familiar forces might be doing something far stranger than we ever imagined. From ancient Greek philosopher Plato to Neo, hero of the dystopian film fantasy The Matrix, humans have long pondered the true nature of reality. Can we trust what we see, taste, touch, smell, and hear to…
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Your Consciousness May Be Able to Glimpse the Future—And One Scientist Is Testing That Claim
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A new experiment is probing lucid dreamers on their supposed ability to sense the future. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Ten days before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, he confessed a disturbing dream to an aide. He was wandering through the White House when he suddenly heard people weeping.…
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Nightmares
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Image Credit: sxc.hu Being chased, falling into an abyss, looking into a mirror and seeing that our appearance has been altered; balancing on a high wire with no safety net, unable to get out of a building or sinking into quicksand are classic nightmare story lines. We may awaken shouting,…
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The Curse of the Famous Hope Diamond
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The Hope Diamond Today. “You cradle the 45.5-carat stone—about the size of a walnut and heavier than its translucence makes it appear—turning it from side to side as the light flashes from its facets, knowing it’s the hardest natural material yet fearful of dropping it.” — Associated Press reporter Ron…
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Why it’s Important to Believe in an Afterlife
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Does it matter one way or another whether you believe in an afterlife? Maybe you believe it doesn’t. Or maybe you haven’t thought about it. I want to show why it should matter, and matter a lot. You might forward this message to your doubting friends. There is nothing more fearful than…
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Our World’s Emergence into a Greater Community of Intelligent Life
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Many people feel there is a great movement in the world today, that they are at a great turning point. Some speculate that this will lead to a great disaster for humanity, others to a great awakening. It is as if the ground is moving beneath your feet, and within…
