Dr. Sam Parnia is founder of the AWARE (Awareness During Resuscitation) study to discover whether “out-of-body experiences” really happen. His research indicates that the brain may continue to be active and aware after flatlining.
The Senate confirmed on Thursday two leading experts on climate change to represent top scientific positions in the government.
A first edition of the Nicolaus Copernicus book that puts forth the theory that the sun — not the earth — is at the center of the universe has fetched more than $2.2 million at an auction, nearly double the expected price.
By Professor Jim Al-Khalili University of Surrey Isaac Newton is, as most will agree, the greatest physicist of all time.
THIS IS A POEM GENERATED FROM A SCIENTIFIC PAPER WRITTEN IN THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY (ABOUT AN EXPERIMENT IN PORTLAND OREGON) WHERE ONE COULD GET FREE BROADBAND ACCESS THOUGH THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE BROAD NEXT TO YOU WOULD AGREE TO READ IT WHETHER YOU ARE IN A BAND OR NOT.
The revalation came to Professor Andrew Parker during a visit to Rome. He was in the Sistine Chapel, gazing up at Michelangelo's awesome ceiling paintings, when a realisation struck him with dizzying force.
Exploring the Scientific Miracle of The Holy Qur'an
1,068 new species discovered.
Excerpt: In the last few years, psychologists and researchers have been digging up hard data on a question previously left to philosophers: What makes us happy? Researchers like the father-son team Ed Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener, Stanford psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky, and e …
I recently commented on the extraordinary story of the meteorite that told the story of how Sodom and Gomorrah came to it's demise . I state again: Science has proved more times than not that there IS, indeed, a ultimate Creator in control of the universe as we know it.
The world's oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last 40 years than previously thought due to climate change, Australian and U.S.
Obama thinks there's a link between vaccines and autism, and now Hillary has jumped off the cliff with him. They're both nuts, or at least suck-ups to the kooks. Orac, of course, weighs in.
Prof Daniel Dennett and Lord Winston present their arguments ahead of tonight's public debate
The entertainment system was belting out the Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" when the phone rang. When Pete answered, his phone turned the sound down by sending a message to all the other local devices that had a volume control.
For many people, believers as well as atheists, it is not possible, because religion demands faith, while logic and reason dwell in a lawful rational world.
A new study on whether or not movie violence contributes noticeably to crime rates. The article is a 63 page pdf file.
I think that we should base our beliefs on what we can see or feel or detect by scientifically established procedures (such as telescopy).
The judge said some of the errors were made in "the context of alarmism and exaggeration" in order to support Mr Gore's thesis on global warming.
IN our sound-bite political culture, it is unrealistic to expect that every complicated issue will be addressed with the nuance or subtlety it deserves.
A few days ago, I blogged about how pre-election polls have historically overstated a minority candidate's standing, but how that gap seems to be shrinking.
The mismatch between "Post-ABC News poll, those more tuned into the '08 race" and the post-Republican Candidate debate online polls of ABC and MSNBC goes well beyond normal disparities between "scientific" polling and online polling.
The other day, I interviewed Dr. Chuck Murry, a cardiopathologist at the University of Washington. His lab has worked for years trying to figure out how to use stem cells (cells that can make other cells for specific uses in the body) to help regenerate heart muscle tissue.
The British national Gary McKinnon today lost his high court bid to avoid extradition to the US for allegedly carrying out the "biggest military computer hack of all time".The case dates back to 2001, when it is alleged Mr McKinnon hacked into computers belonging to the US milita …
I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how.
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Bonn in Germany have produced a global map of estimated plant species richness.
I'm not "allowed" to "date" anymore, as I've been married for nearly 12 years, but I'm still able to find the humor in this "scientific" article.
