Among the greatest questions humankind has pondered, one remains that is peculiar in its relatability: what is consciousness? I call this question “peculiar” since many issues that are considered “deep” by today’s standards often pertain to things that people generally can’t, or simply don’t find relatable. Perhaps most often, it is because suchContinue Reading
It has been announced that something very, very unusual happened over the course of a SpaceX mission to the International Space Station. Back in January 2015, a group of American researchers with Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University, United States, decided to send a number of flatworms—primitive little Platyhelminthes knownContinue Reading
There is a famous American legend about a shipwreck, which tells the fate of the vessel known as the Princess Augusta, better known as the “Palatine”, and her 150 passengers. Those aboard were among the remaining survivors of a group of Germans seeking a life free of religious persecution in America, when the shipContinue Reading
On Monday, NASA announced that the agency’s astronomers would present new findings from a recent Europa observation campaign, which it was said resulted in “surprising evidence of activity that may be related to the presence of a subsurface ocean on Europa.” During the 2 PM press conference, Paul Hertz, director of theContinue Reading
Many scientists continue to dismiss philosophy as being “dead”… but any true understanding of reality may require input from both disciplines.Continue Reading
It was like a scene right out of a 1970s drive-in SciFi flick, complete with cheesy, analog “space music” produced with synthesizers and theremin… only in this case, it really happened. According to NASA files that remained classified until 2008, astronauts during one of the American Space Program’s pivotal lunarContinue Reading
Eel larvae, thanks in part to their odd, transparent appearance, have spurred debate over deep-ocean “mystery species” for decades, and more recently, have even become part of an unusual online hoax. Continue Reading