One day, will there be balloon festivals in Venusian atmosphere? Will daring adventurers go skydiving in Jupiter’s atmosphere? I review All-inclusive tours of Saturn’s rings? I review Daydreaming in the …
Quantum mechanics — 100 years old this summer — is the most successful theory in all of physics. And yet, physicists still argue about what it says about reality. Read …
Over a career that spanned six decades, Ruse battled not only creationists but also his fellow Darwinians – notably the “new atheists” who, like him, were in awe of Darwin’s …
With no conclusive laboratory results, researchers are turning to other methods to try to pin down the elusive substance. No one knows what dark matter is made of, but scientists …
Donald Johanson reflects on his fossil discovery that shook the human family tree a half century ago. Lucy’s discovery has been making ripples in the world of paleoanthropology for half …
Christopher Fuchs, one of the founders of QBism, believes the approach could help tame thorny issues like the measurement problem and nonlocality. Others aren’t so sure. The crucial outcome of …
What makes consciousness such a vexing problem for scientists and philosophers? While just about everyone agrees that the hard problem seems hard, many researchers — especially within the physicalist camp …
At least two studies have pitted AIs (using large language model technology) against the New York Times weekly “Ethicist” column — and the chatbots seem to do just fine. Is …
