Nautis Project

Chris Carter is on this week’s Skeptiko podcast. Rupert Sheldrake wrote the Forward to Carter’s book Parapsychology & The Skeptics and said this of the book: “A masterly guide to the frontiers of science, belief and exploration. Carter leads us through the interplays of dogma, speculation and empirical research in a stimulating way. The controversy [...]

For each word you get right, freerice.com will donate 10 grains of rice to a hungry person through an international aid agency. I played this morning and donated 850 grains. It’s not much, but you should play the game, too. Brilliant concept. You can increase your vocabulary and do something good at the same time. [...]

The Philosophical Foundations of Jyotish
Universe mostly forgets its past during cosmic rebirth
Winding Through “Big Dreams” Are the Threads of Our Lives
What Do Magnets, Flatworms, And Willow Trees Have In Common?
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CDC: Antidepressants most prescribed drugs in U.S.

Rise of man theory “out by 400,000 years”
Our earliest ancestors gave up hunter-gathering and took to a settled life up to 400,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to controversial research.

Science of the Soul? “I Think, Therefore I Am” Is Losing Force
For many scientists, the evidence that moral reasoning is a result of physical traits [...]

The Greatest and Most Unusual Travel Photo of All Time? - Everything about the image is just so amazing: The poof-y shapes of the clouds in the background…

100-foot deep Andes lake disappears - A five-acre glacial lake in Chile’s southern Andes has disappeared — and scientists want to know why…

No More Black Holes? - A [...]

On the afternoon of July 25, 1946, two young married African American couples were lynched at the same time in Monroe, Georgia. They were beaten and their bodies were riddled with bullets by a mob of white men who were also from Monroe. One of the women was seven months pregnant.

A native of Milledgeville, Georgia, [...]