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A World Appears by Michael Pollan: Grasping consciousness proves quite the head trip

There are, it seems, three big questions still unanswered by science. One: why is there something rather than nothing (the case for God as creator); the second: how did life evolve from dead matter; and third, what is consciousness (and what is it for). It’s the third that Michael Pollan…

Evening Standard

‘I’m the psychedelic confessor’: the man who turned a generation on to hallucinogens returns with a head-spinning book about consciousness

With the Omnivore’s Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan transformed our understanding of food and drugs. Can he do the same for our sense of self?

The Guardian - UK

Genesis Mission: why Trump’s plan to put AIs in charge of science could backfire

Donald Trump’s new “Genesis Mission” initiative promises to use artificial intelligence to reinvent how science is done, in a bid to move the dial on the hardest challenges in areas like robotics, biotech and nuclear fusion.

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There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you

How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.

LiveScience

OPINION - The real, sinister reason academics keep cancelling each other

Scarcely a week goes by without lecturers being cancelled, says Toby Young. Why?

Evening Standard

Longer words and real reflection: the science behind a convincing apology

People expect effort, not a token ‘I’m sorry’, but be careful not to over-script your acknowledgment of mistakes

The Guardian - UK

Football agent Kia Joorabchian’s big racing spend needs to start paying off

Ancient Egypt is the colt who could make all the cash-flashing, both last year and this, feel like money well spent

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'The Tension Between Tradition and Individualism'

Conservative founding father Frank Meyer and libertarian founding mother Rose Wilder Lane had rich, friendly debates on how much American liberty relied on old European traditions.

Reason

Friday essay: Trump and Kennedy are destroying global science. Even Einstein questioned facts – but there’s a method to it

Eight months into Donald Trump’s second presidency of the United States, truth and science are again under attack – with global consequences. USAID, which tackled HIV, TB, malaria and child malnutrition is gone. Funding has been withdrawn from GAVI, a public–private global alliance that helps buy vaccines for the world’s…

The Conversation

Galileo’s recantation and Palestine Action

Letters: Rev Canon Dr Rob Kelsey on having to recant the truth, just like the 17th-century Italian polymath

The Guardian - UK

City Of Troy two minutes away from legendary status at Breeders’ Cup

All-conquering trainer calls the colt the ‘best I’ve trained’ but he needs to prove it against all the odds

The Guardian - UK

What Former 'Love Is Blind' Stars AD, Jessica, Bliss, and Zach Revealed in the 'Love Is Blind' Season 7 Reunion

The Netflix reality stars offered some shocking updates on their love lives.

Marie Claire

City Of Troy wows crowds gathered for key Breeders’ Cup test at Southwell

O’Brien hails superstar colt after racecourse gallop before his date with destiny in California in November

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re going to find the next Shakespeare’: inside DC’s $80m library renovation

The reopened Folger Shakespeare Library aims to bring a wider audience to the world’s biggest collection of the Bard’s printed works

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Astronomers shed new light on puzzling origins of Sun’s magnetic field

Scientists have found the magnetic field is generated much closer to the surface than previously thought.

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50 Weird Science Posts That Have Been Scientifically Proven To Be Interesting

There’s so much bizarre information out there that we still haven't learned. And, this X page shares intriguing science facts about many things! The post 50 Weird Science Posts That Have Been Scientifically Proven To Be Interesting first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Why don't we feel Earth spinning?

Earth moves around the sun at 67,000 mph and makes a full rotation once every 24 hours. So why can't we feel the Earth's rotation?

The Conversation

The strange story of the grave of Copernicus

Nicholas Copernicus was the astronomer who, five centuries ago, explained that Earth revolves around the Sun, rather than vice versa. A true Renaissance man, he also practised as a mathematician, engineer, author, economic theorist and medical doctor.

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Larger and more frequent solar storms will make for potential disruptions and spectacular auroras on Earth

Bright auroras, with dancing lights in the sky, characterize the clear winter nights of northern Canada. Longer nights during the fall and winter also favour seeing more auroras, but the show is best outside of light-polluted cities. Impressive auroral events allowed bright auroras to be seen as far south as…

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The Guardian view on marginalia: scribbles that can change the meaning of books

Editorial: From Jane Austen’s austere lines to Marlene Dietrich’s outraged scrawl, the annotations of readers can increase the value of what what they read

The Guardian - UK

John Heilbron obituary

Historian of science whose books, including a biography of Galileo, helped to debunk several myths

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Sheer stupidity is a threat to our scientific progress

Letters: Prof AM Celâl Şengör, Damian Pattinson and Jack Whalen respond to Giorgio Parisi’s article about how the world lost its trust in scientists

The Guardian - UK

‘He turned every performance into a masterpiece’: readers pay tribute to Michael Gambon

The actor gave astonishing performances in works by Shakespeare, Beckett and Brecht in the West End – and he was just as unforgettable off stage, our readers remember

Salon

Dr. Michael Mann on "our fragile moment"

Dr. Michael Mann on climate science and skepticism, deep Earth history and his new book "Our Fragile Moment"

The Hindu

Gravity makes antimatter fall just like everything else: study

For the first time, scientists have observed antimatter particles falling downwards due to the effect of gravity

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