Brain Can Be Trained in Compassion
17 Jun 13 | Anna Mikulak, Association for Psychological ScienceUntil now, little was scientifically known about the human potential to cultivate compassion – the emotional state of caring for people who are suffering in a way that motivates altruistic behavior.
Dolphin Shows "Morally Unacceptable"
17 Jun 13 | Environment News Service
India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests has decided to forbid the keeping of captive dolphins for public entertainment anywhere in the country.
India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests has decided to forbid the keeping of captive dolphins for public entertainment anywhere in the country.
Biopiracy law to protect indigenous people
13 Jun 13 | Marc Hall, GuardianThe European parliament is debating a draft biopiracy law requiring industry to compensate indigenous people if it makes commercial use of local knowledge such as plant-based medicines.
Altering Your Memory
13 Jun 13 | Iowa State University
You can manipulate an existing memory simply by suggesting new or different information. The key is timing and recall of that memory.
You can manipulate an existing memory simply by suggesting new or different information. The key is timing and recall of that memory.
Shhh, the Plants Are Talking
7 Jun 13 | Andrew Porterfield, ScienceA recent study showed that competitive interactions between plants can be mediated by some alternative signaling channel, extending beyond those studied so far, like chemicals, contact and light.
Compassionate Conservation
7 Jun 13 | Interview: Michael C. Tobias, Forbes
It’s time to factor compassion for individuals into conservation projects. A conversation with ecologist and evolutionary biologist Marc Bekoff, editor of Ignoring Nature No More.
It’s time to factor compassion for individuals into conservation projects. A conversation with ecologist and evolutionary biologist Marc Bekoff, editor of Ignoring Nature No More.
As One
1 Jun 13 | Ed Yong, WiredHow the astonishing power of swarms can help us fight cancer, understand the brain and predict the future.
Here Come the Animals
1 Jun 13 | Jeff Warren, Psychology Tomorrow
Scientists and philosophers have long erected an insurmountable barrier between humans and animals. This is changing.
Scientists and philosophers have long erected an insurmountable barrier between humans and animals. This is changing.
An Accidental Discovery
28 May 13 | Dieter Hagenbach, Lucius Werthmüller, Scientific AmericanWhen Albert Hofmann began exploring the chemical properties of the ergot spore, he stumbled upon a potent psychedelic. An excerpt from Mystic Chemist.
Bioethics Forum 2013
28 May 13 | BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute
Videos from this year’s are congress on Further Studies in Human Consciousness are now available for viewing.
Videos from this year’s are congress on Further Studies in Human Consciousness are now available for viewing.
The Ross Spiral Curriculum
28 May 13 | Ross InstituteRalph Abraham’s online course on Complex Dynamical Systems is a holistic educational concept for addressing the problems of the 21st century.
Think About Nature
28 May 13 | Edge
A conversation with physicist and author Lee Smolin, whom Richard Feynman once told: “Whatever you do – you’re going to have to do crazy things to think about quantum gravity – but whatever you do, think about nature.”
A conversation with physicist and author Lee Smolin, whom Richard Feynman once told: “Whatever you do – you’re going to have to do crazy things to think about quantum gravity – but whatever you do, think about nature.”
Welcome to the Jungle
23 May 13 | Interview: Damon Orion, Reality SandwichThe documentary Aya: Awakenings is about journalist Rak Razam’s experiences with ayahuasca and DMT and how the use of these substances in appropriate traditional contexts can help us to heal ourselves and our connection to the planet.
Non Verbal Problem Solving
23 May 13 | Sindya N. Bhanoo, New York Times
Monkeys can cooperate to solve a problem, demonstrating that coordination among groups does not necessarily require language.
Monkeys can cooperate to solve a problem, demonstrating that coordination among groups does not necessarily require language.
Nature Spirits
23 May 13 | Stuart Wilde, Zen-HavenMost people don’t believe in nature spirits and to talk about them often invites ridicule. What image we have of them has usually been corrupted by misinformation.
Zen Freedom
23 May 13 | Tim Lott, Aeon
Free will and fate are both illusions. The trick is learning to sail with the prevailing winds of life.
Free will and fate are both illusions. The trick is learning to sail with the prevailing winds of life.
Psychedelics Use in U.S. as Common Now as in 1960s Generation
17 May 13 | Ashik Siddique, Medical DailyIt seems that young Americans today are as apt to use substances like LSD and psilocybin during their lifetimes as their baby boomer parents were in their heyday.
Plant|Human Symbiosis and the Fall of Humanity
17 May 13 | Interview: Trevor Smith, Waking Times
Tony Wright’s research is outlining a radical re-interpretation of the current data regarding human evolution and, our recent degenerated state we call “civilization.”
Tony Wright’s research is outlining a radical re-interpretation of the current data regarding human evolution and, our recent degenerated state we call “civilization.”
How to teach a fish to count
17 May 13 | Philip Ball, BBCIt might seem bizarre, but it raises a deep question about humans – how do we learn to assess and add up things based on what we see?
Animal Culture
17 May 13 | Michael Balter, Science
Until fairly recently, many scientists thought that only humans had culture, but that idea is now being crushed by an avalanche of recent research with monkeys and whales.
Until fairly recently, many scientists thought that only humans had culture, but that idea is now being crushed by an avalanche of recent research with monkeys and whales.
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