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MDMA Makes Octopuses More Social

by Shawn Radcliffe | Dec 3, 2018 | Science

When people take the psychoactive drug MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, they become happier, more social and feel closer to others. A group of researchers studying this drug recently found that octopuses may respond in a similar way, in spite of how different they are...

Insects: The True Rulers of the World

by Shawn Radcliffe | Nov 16, 2015 | Science

By any standard, insects dominate the world. They live on land, in water and in the air. They have colonized every continent, including Antarctica. And they make up three-quarters of all known animals—currently there are 1 million known insect species and an estimated...

Local Realism Loses Out in Experiment of Entanglement

by Shawn Radcliffe | Sep 1, 2015 | Science

Einstein was never comfortable with quantum entanglement—in which measuring one particle can affect another instantaneously, even if it is halfway across the universe—saying that it violates ‘local realism.’ A new experiment, though, has closed the last...

The True Reality of Quantum Physics

by Shawn Radcliffe | Jun 11, 2015 | Science

Quantum physics is known for its weirdness. But much of this exists only in mathematical equations, so it’s difficult to know which concepts are actually real. Some physicists, though, hope to change all that. “If we tell the public that quantum theory is weird, we...

Water, Water Every Where: The Fight for Free and Clean Water

by Shawn Radcliffe | Apr 16, 2015 | Health, Science

Just as the spring rains have finally started to fall, the struggle for clean water is everywhere in the news. But unless we change our ways soon, there may not be a drop to drink … at least one that’s clean or free. Nestlé Seeks to Profit From Oregon...

The Karma of Our Brains

by Shawn Radcliffe | Apr 7, 2015 | Science, Yoga

Buddhism has embraced the concept of karma for thousands of years, but neuroscience is quickly catching up as it unravels the mechanisms that determine how our brains are shaped by our thoughts and actions. Central to the Buddhist form of karma is the understanding...