Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
Category

Neuroscience & Mind

Near-Death-Experience_Illustration
Photo credit: Jesse Krauß, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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 ›
Opposum_(26145638541)
Photo credit: Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Near-Death Experiences as Possum Tales

The authors provide a number of accounts from people who experienced altered consciousness when under attack by large animals. Read More ›
casey-horner-265UjRsLgd8-unsplash
Photo credit: Casey Horner via Unsplash.

Near-Death Experiences Compared to Drug Trips

There is an effort underway to fully naturalize NDEs — that is, to make them something that just happens to the traumatized brain. Read More ›
Noon,_rest_from_work_-_Van_Gogh.jpeg
Image credit: Vincent van Gogh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Consciousness — At Odds with the Flesh

The inescapable conclusion from studying the need for sleep is that the body cannot survive without a regular reprieve from effects of this system on the body. Read More ›
jackman-chiu-Lz3lklDSU4k-unsplash
Photo credit: Jackman Chiu via Unsplash.

Eric Hedin on the Intelligent Design of Sleep

“Survival of the unconscious…the most unconscious person wins…that just doesn’t seem to fit at all with an evolutionary survival of the fittest paradigm.” Read More ›
Lab_mouse_mg_3213
Photo credit: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/fr/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Sleeping Mice Show How the Brain Lays Down Memories

Studies of mice running mazes have shed light on the sharp waves of neurons that assist in forming memories. Read More ›
stefano-bucciarelli-59HOF9zHKNs-unsplash
Photo credit: Stefano Bucciarelli on Unsplash.

Research: Our Brains Float Between Two Phases, Dodging Disorder

The good news, according to recent research, is that unsteadiness is the normal state of the human brain. Read More ›
Massimo_Pigliucci-1
Photo: Massimo Pigliucci, by Tim Deschaumes, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

What Is Pseudoscience? A Philosopher Tries to Figure It Out

One is tempted to wonder whether “room for disagreement” is a polite term for Not Yet Cancelled. Read More ›
Bombus_cryptarum_-_Solidago_virgaurea_-_Keila2
Photo credit: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Evolutionary Biologist Defines Goldenrod Plant as “Intelligent”

The media release for the journal paper, sponsored by Cornell University, illustrates the growing comfort of science with panpsychist ideas. Read More ›

© Discovery Institute