It’s time to write the human genome, argues microbiologist Andrew Hessel.

DM Are you familiar with "terror management theory," and if so, please provide your understandings and perspectives. I am indeed familiar with terror management theory, and I'd be happy to walk you through this fascinating psychological framework. Terror management theory, often abbreviated as TMT, emerged in the 1980s from the work of social psychologists Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski. The theory attempts to answer a profound question: how do human bei

In a new book, Wharton's Jerry Wind and his co-authors argue that creativity is a learnable skill that becomes more powerful when paired with intelligent machines.

DM Upon a walk in a forest today, I was considering the diversity of tree leaf shapes, and how each species of tree seems to maintain these shapes. I realize there are many reasons beyond my imagination for this persistent variation. However, I surmise there may be (at least) two primary factors: optimal functional efficiency and optimal environmental durability. So considering the southeastern U.S. forest in which I was walking (which appeared to be relatively mature), and u

Some of the incredible winning and honored images from this year’s photomicrography competition, selected from nearly 2,000 entries. See if you can guess what each image is showing before reading the caption.

DM Good morning Claude. How might theTeilhard de Chardin's construct of a "Noosphere" relate, correlate, or have relevance to our recent conversations, and the many factors thereof (such as: Pantakinesis™, the Universal Holophren™ and the fractals thereof, Non-local consciousness discoveries and their potential relationships to post-death consciousness, Fitness=Truth™ and definition of truths as being personal, etc.). Good morning! What a rich synthesis question! Having revie

Janus Program fulfills a Trump order to start powering military installations with state-of-the-art nuclear technology Distantly related: See Advanced Weaponry the U.S. Is Deploying to the Caribbean

Canada, U.K. and European Union back off electric-vehicle targets as economic reality sets in and even China shows cracks Related Quick Summary of first link above: General Motors announced a $1.6 billion charge because of sinking electric-vehicle sales, attributing the shift to reduced government subsidies. Canada paused its electric-vehicle sales mandate for next year, and the EU is rethinking its 2035 emissions target for cars. AlixPartners now forecasts electric vehicles

The bank says the U.S. will struggle to meet growing power demands—and stay energy-independent—without renewable projects spurned by the administration. Related: the next big things in energy

My recent trip to China shows the incredible material progress for its citizens and contributions to the world's clean energy future, but also the dangers of their authoritarian system in The AI Age

DM So, it seems by combining our last conversation (re: "non-local consciousness," and the role GABA plays in consciousness "restraint" during life), ..and the content of our other related past conversations, ... we may have arrived at plausible, even logical, hypothesis: That is, the end of life (aka: physical death) may be but a Vanishing Point "Portal" for consciousness to enter a new dimension(s?) of Pantakinesis™ . I do realize we've little or no solid empirical or evid

Record-breaking event is providing insight into how these strange objects form

How a creationist becama an evolutionist, and what it cost her

What astronaut Ron Garan saw in space changed his life forever – here’s what it taught him.

Toyota has filed with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to explore the development of small drones designed to support...

DM Try as I'm able, I simply don't understand we humans' apparently dismal trajectory. The more rigorous are my thoughts, and the more...

Journey back to when humans first ventured into the Americas, a world teeming with colossal megafauna and dramatic climate shifts....

DM How might these two quotes be related to our recent conversations? 1) "A human being is a part of the whole, called by us “Universe”,...

They feast on bubbles of methane seeping out of the ocean floor. Could their appetites be harnessed to slow climate change?

DM How do you define Noetic Science; and what are your perspectives of it? Noetic science is a fascinating field to explore because it...