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Dinos Meet Carl Sagan and a Marriage on the Rocks

The family has put together the Big Premise (a solar flare has flung Oak Street back to the Mesozoic era). The dad predicts, “God's not gonna let us die here.” Read More ›
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Epigenetics and the Arts Lover

Here is yet another clue about how we are both spiritual and physical beings. The two realms are connected in mysterious and remarkable ways. Read More ›
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What Is Consciousness For? Sixteen Theories Take a Crack at the Question

It sounds like we do not really know what we are looking for, which will doubtless complicate efforts to find it. Read More ›
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Sophistication of Bee Decision-Making Is a Mystery, Unless Design Hypothesis Is Permitted

Distinguishing a real flower from a flower print on a woman’s dress can come into play, possibly requiring some experimental probing. Read More ›
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Terminal Lucidity Points to Indestructible Personhood

Why would the human mind sometimes appear strongest when the brain is weakest? We begin a two-part conversation discussing the phenomenon of terminal lucidity. Read More ›
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At COSM, Sharing Information Is Key to Solving Tech Problems

Information is key to innovation, and a familiar question intelligent design asks is “Where does information come from?”  Read More ›
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Researchers Find Memory Outside the Brain

It it is very difficult to look at the natural world seriously and not see a mind in there somewhere. Read More ›
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In Connecticut, Horrors of AI Finally Come into View

A 56-year-old man, living with his mother in a wealthy New York suburb, developed a “friendship” with ChatGPT. Read More ›
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Old fashioned television set with green screen displaying static noise in a vintage living room with outdated furniture.
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Thanks to Our Screens, Heading Toward a Post-Literate Culture?

Whatever one’s opinions regarding solutions for declining literacy rates, people can always start to brew change in their own lives and communities. Read More ›
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Killing for Organs — Who Could Possibly Object?

Three doctors promote the idea of “redefining death” to allow patients to be killed for their organs. Read More ›

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