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We Can Learn About the Mind from Damaged Brains

Now we have solid neuroscience to show that the theologians and philosophers were and are right. Read More ›
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A Neurosurgeon’s Intimate Account: How Science Gives Evidence of an Immortal Soul

You can pre-order the book now, by May 31, and get a number of free items along with it. Read More ›
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Origin of Life: A “Simple” Worm’s Challenge

Were there ever life forms that were so simple that they could merely self-assemble, as our official doctrine of the origin of life proposes? Read More ›
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“Directed Evolution”:  The Tiniest Brain Is Not Simple

Even a cursory examination of the connectome shows the complexity of the brain, despite its tiny size. Read More ›
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Looking for Consciousness in All the Wrong Places

If concept cells nestled in the hippocampi were the seat of consciousness, bilateral hippocampal destruction would cause loss of consciousness. It doesn’t. Read More ›
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Did Evolution Give Us Free Will?

If you pick up a book up about free will by a materialist, you are generally safe to assume that the point will be to explain that free will is an illusion. Read More ›
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Split-Brain Surgeries Reveal Reality of the Soul

This is not only the perennial teaching of the great religions, but the evidence of the best neuroscience. Read More ›
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Babies and Language: A Surprise Finding?

Brain and language specialist Eylem Altuntas told us last week that “Babies Learn Language Much Earlier Than We Thought.” Read More ›
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What Lies Beyond Death? A Physicist’s Take

The very existence of life — the fact that we are here at all to the pose the question — calls for something more than physical nature. Read More ›
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Neanderthals May Be “Same Species” As Us

Using coalescence analyses and molecular clock assessments, the researchers reconstructed a timeline of genetic events. Read More ›

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