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In Its Design, the Body’s Thermostat Resembles Human Technology

The existence of thermostatic control of our body temperature is not at all surprising supposing life to be the product of a purposeful engineer. Read More ›
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Stifling Opposition Is the Real “Anti-Science”

In the Great Barrington Declaration, three noted epidemiologists questioned the wisdom of societal shutdowns and keeping children out of school. Read More ›
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Consciousness, a Hall of Mirrors, Baffles Scientists

To contemplate consciousness is, as professor of religion Greg Peterson put it, like looking into and out of a window at the same time. Read More ›
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Self-Starvation to Qualify for Assisted Suicide

Once again, the assisted-suicide movement shows itself to be public-policy promise breakers of the most egregious kind and raw zealots for the death agenda. Read More ›
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Are Memories “Stored” in the Brain?

The answer has implications both for neuroscience and for our deeper understanding of the mind-body relationship. Read More ›
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Now Doctors to Help Younger People Commit Suicide by Self-Starvation

Of course, we in the U.S. have our own such issues, even beyond pernicious VSED advocacy. Read More ›
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Brain as a Quantum System: Theory Gets New Traction

Hameroff and Penrose’s Orch Or Theory sees consciousness as the outcome of a quantum collapse of a wave function. Read More ›
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New Findings About Our Mysterious “Second Brain”

It wasn’t long ago that researchers were hardly aware of the way the digestive system functions as a second brain. The big focus was neurons. Read More ›

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