Imagine you could watch a group of strangers act out your innermost private feelings and relationships with family members – with intense and uncanny accuracy. That’s what happened when I found myself ...

The origin of life is one big chemical Catch-22. It always has been. To get life started, you need a genetic molecule—something like RNA or DNA. That’s needed to store information about how to ...

Some philosophers think that there is a hard problem of consciousness: No matter how much scientists learns about neural processes, they can never explain why all this processing is accompanied by ...

Life insurance is a critical component of financial planning, offering peace of mind and security for your loved ones in the event of the unexpected. However, not everyone receives the same benefits ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Optimism bias and fear of having talks about palliative care contribute to overtreatment of people with cancer ...

In a new book, astrophysicist Mario Livio describes how the existence of life on Earth can be traced back to an RNA-based “protocell.” The following is an excerpt from Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest ...