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Research: Human Brains Differ from Chimps’ Even More than Expected

It’s surprising how many people offer the common throwaway line, “We share 98.8 percent of our DNA with chimps!” 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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Peer-Reviewed Paper Reviews Ten “Anomalies” that Contradict the Junk DNA Paradigm

John Mattick uses the language of historian of science Thomas Kuhn to predict that we are witnessing a “paradigm shift” away from the concept of junk DNA. Read More ›
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Right Brain Vs. Left Brain? It’s Murky

Vertebrates generally have brains divided into two lobes, an arrangement that may go back half a billion years. Read More ›
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“Professor Dave” and the Art of Projection

If I ever get asked to write a chapter on projection for a psychology textbook, Dave Farina’s outrageously disrespectful performance will be exhibit A. Read More ›

Science as Astrology: A Gene for, or Rather Against, Virginity?

Sometimes it seems much of the most hyped research is about relieving us of the burden of personal moral responsibility. Read More ›

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