Scientists sound the alarm: at the end of the 19th century, people were much smarter and more creative than they are now. The fault is on the natural selection, since the more intelligent the person is, the fewer children he or she has, and vice versa. Every new century humans…
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…
Geneticist Alexei Sharov of the National Institute on Aging in Baltimore together with biologist Richard Gordon of the Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory in Florida managed to apply Moore's Law to biological systems. And the scientist got sensational results: it is possible that life did not originate on Earth but in…
Are there really useless organs in the human body? It is unlikely that anyone would want to remove their appendix unless it starts to bother them, although it has no apparent function. Here is a list of "not quite useful" organs of the human body that nature has endowed us…
Intelligence emerged as a result of a genetic accident - this is the most common conclusion among researchers who study human evolution. Their studies would also have to answer the question of why the brain remains a "sleeping giant" in spite of all the important tasks it performs. While the…
We do not have direct evidence that there is life on other planets and in interstellar space. And yet, there are some convincing reasons to believe that one day, we may find life even in our own solar system. Here are seven reasons why it is worthy to believe that…
What do we expect from the future? Will the human appearance change and reach the peak of its perfection? Maybe humans will turn into some kind of bio-robots and will be controlled by means of digital commands? There are too many questions regarding the future of humanity. Consider a few…
Nothing is more intriguing than mysteries associated with the human body and mind. Why do we smile? Why do we laugh? Strange, isn't it? Modern science is still puzzled by some of the features of human physiology and psychology, or the human body and mind. After all, humans never really question…
