The Lemony-Fresh Scent of Death

What’s in a Smell Anyway?

Rise of the Superhumans 

The Beginnings of an Arms Race between Biotechnologists and Bioengineers

The Non-Science of Transcendence

Or, Why Your Mind Will Never Be Uploadable.

What is Transcendence?

The rise of computing and the exponential rate of increase in processing speed pose an intriguing questions…

The Night the Universe Changed

How a “New Star” appearing in 1572 paved the way for us to truly begin…

No, GMOs Won’t Harm Your Health

Dr. Steven Novella argues that many of the fears surrounding…

A Machine with a Soul

Does passing the Turing test bestow a computer with consciousness? And what…

Is There Another Earth Out There in the Frozen Edges of the Solar System?

Discovery of Dwarf Planets…

Did Global Warming Cause the Polar Vortex?

A slowing Jet Stream and the Future of Weather

DNA 2.0 : A New Code for Life

A new frontier for synthetic biology.