Uncommon science: eye-opening scientific findings and impressive technological advances. Interesting facts and thought-provoking theories about Human, Earth and the Universe
Is it possible to get to extrasolar planetary systems faster than the speed of light? Harold White claims that one day, it might be possible to travel to distant stars. With his team at NASA, he manufactures a superluminal engine for interstellar travel. For example, such a vessel would arrive…
According to a team of philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists from Oxford University, who are exploring the future of humanity, there is growing evidence that our reliance on technology could cause the end of humankind. The media is actively discussing a range of possible disasters that can destroy humanity, but the…
Last year's most popular Google search was the question: “What is Love?” And the Guardian newspaper asked five "experts" to answer it. A physicist, a psychotherapist, a philosopher, an author of romantic novels, and a nun gave their answer to the question, What is love? from their personal perspective of the…
The book "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown contains a chapter on some amazing experiments on the weight of the soul. According to the author, our soul is a material substance that can exist outside the body and can have weight. Therefore, it can be weighed. One of the characters…
American scientists led by Richard Novatson conducted quite an interesting but also relevant study which explored the impact of the Internet on human wellbeing. The participants aimed to answer the question, what would your life be like with no Internet? The study involved 4,000 people (50%-50% of men and women)…
The reality is not as obvious and simple as we like to think. Some of the things that we accept as true and take at face value are notoriously wrong. Scientists and philosophers have made every effort to change our common perceptions of it. The 10 examples below will show…
Does free will exist? For centuries, thinkers have been trying to find the answer to this question. Now, experts from Harvard claim to have ‘captured’ the exact moment when the brain decides to perform an action or desire. This moment is not the same as the one when we think…
The impact of fear on the human brain is very powerful: it completely changes the way we process information. "When people are afraid, the parts of their brains that are responsible for rational thinking stop dominating”, Dr. Bruce Perry explains. When faced with a threat, the cortex, which is responsible…
