New study shows how black holes can affect habitability of planets.
Supermassive Black Holes May Sterilize Nearby Planets
|Jun 6, 2017
| Blogs
A Theory of Reality as More Than the Sum of Its Parts
|Jun 6, 2017
| A new mathematical explanation of how consciousness and agency arise.
Rodin’s “The Thinker” Doesn’t Turn You Into an Atheist, After All
|Jun 6, 2017
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A few years ago, psychologists William Gervais and Ara Norenzayan published one of those eye-catching, headline-grabbing articles that can make an academic career. Specifically, they found that analytical thinking suppressed belief in God. This interesting effect held steady both for “trait” cognitive style (how analytically minded people are in their day-to-day lives) and for “state” cognitive style […]
Practicing the Pursuit of Happiness
|Jun 6, 2017
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What if happiness is not circumstantial but volitional? What if happiness is up to us?
John Templeton Foundation funds launch of ORBITER
|Jun 5, 2017
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