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A (Cat’s) Grief Observed: Understanding the Gulf that Separates Us from Our Pets

The gap between the human mind and the cat mind doesn’t turn on emotions but on abstractions. Read More ›
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Research with Mice May Explain How the Placebo Effect Works

The mice had to be placed in a painful situation in order to trigger a placebo effect. With humans, it is often just a matter of communicating orally. Read More ›
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Mind Is Not Annihilated at Death, ER Doc Says

“The evidence so far suggests that the entity we call the human mind… does not become annihilated after a person has died.” Read More ›
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Rocks’ Lives Matter: The Political Face of “Everything Is Conscious”

When it comes to rights, just being human is becoming much less of an advantage. Read More ›
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Do We Need the Right Half of the Brain?

A 29-year-old woman, CB, with no neurological or psychiatric history had a stroke, possibly due to medication issues. Read More ›
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Can a Chemical Preparation Display Cognition? This Chemist Says Yes

Addy Pross, associated with the evolutionary "Third Way" community, states his guiding principles up front. Read More ›
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The Joy of (Neanderthal) Cooking

The Darwinian account of the human race would be much easier to believe in good faith if scientists could point to a clearly inferior and clearly human being. Read More ›
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Pig Brains Thought Dead May Be Revived

Pigs are considered useful biomedical models for humans so the implications of such studies sent waves through the field of resuscitation — and bioethics. Read More ›
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Heart Attack Doctor: Science Shows Death Is Not the End

Sam Parnia began by wondering how brain cells can give rise to thoughts. He came to see that the message “from science” was not what he had been led to expect. Read More ›

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