Climbing Mount Immortality: Death, Cognition and the Making of Civilization
How awareness of our mortality may be a major driver of civilization
How awareness of our mortality may be a major driver of civilization
The willful distortion of reality to extremes can be harmful
How deception leads to self-deception
Why the singularity is not near, but hope springs eternal
New research on self-control explains the link between religion and health
Be skeptical of claims that we live in an ever more dangerous world
Distinguishing between science and pseudoscience is problematic
Does new research prove paranormal precognition or normal postcognition?
Unidentified aerial phenomena offer a lesson on the residue problem in science
Before you say something is out of this world, first make sure that it is not in this world
How to tell the difference between true and false conspiracy theories
In the battle for ideas, scientists could learn from Christopher Hitchens
Physics shows that cell phones cannot cause cancer
Mixing science and politics is tricky but necessary for a functioning polity
Genome sequencing has revealed our common humanity
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