Most people grow up thinking of death as the absolute end. The body stops working, the brain shuts down, and consciousness disappears forever. To us, it feels like a full stop, the closing of a book ...

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The first of two finalists to succeed Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen is Benjamin Houlton, Ronald P. Lynch ...

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It's been a heck of a year in academia. This podcast miniseries, in partnership with WNYC's On The Media, examines the moral calculus universities face in dealings with the Trump administration.

If she had her way, Adriana Marais, would be first in line to go up to space right now. In fact, the South African ...

Neuroscience has long worshiped the neocortex—the brain’s hub for sophisticated thought. But consciousness may originate ...