About 300,000 years ago, an early human was foraging for food in an expanse of grassland. She spied a cluster of mushrooms poking out of dark soil, picked one of the brown caps, and examined its ...

The phenomenon of inattentional blindness seems to show you can see without the information crossing into your consciousness.

After recently writing about Singularity in this column, I felt it was time to address the elephant in the room – the difference between Artificial Intelligence and Human Consciousness in the Age of ...

Oklahoma's 'Teachers' Bill of Rights' might allow some to decline to teach about evils of Nazi regime and the Holocaust.

Eight states are moving to expand medical conscience laws, letting providers refuse care — from vaccines to contraception — ...

A short history of America's fascination with deportation may help us understand the present situation and correct some of its excesses. Daniel Kanstroom, author of the definitive work on outsiders ...

Jehovah’s Witness leaders are modifying their rules on blood transfusions by letting members choose whether to store and ...

The classroom has ceased to be a place of 'learning' and 'knowledge'. Instead, it is expected to be an instrument of social ...

Iran’s new supreme leader issued another purported statement without video or audio, oil prices remain volatile, and thousands more US Marines are deploying to the Middle East. Follow for live news ...

The Spring Equinox always takes place around March 20 or 21. At this point in time, the Sun crosses the celestial equator and moves north. In the Northern Hemisphere, the spring (vernal if you’re ...

Almost one million UK adults were victims of drink spiking last year, a shocking new study suggests. In what is the most comprehensive survey on the crime so far, around 2 per cent of Britons polled ...