Until the dawn of modern science in the 17th century, it was the consensus among earthlings that their planet was located at the center of the universe. It seemed appropriate for man, considering his ...

Recently, my husband Jerry got up to get a drink of water in the middle of the night. He noticed that he was stumbling and felt like he could fall. Looking into the mirror, he couldn't see the right ...

Walking into the "Growth and Diminishment" exhibition at the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum (RAM) is like entering a complex dance between natural elements and industrial components, with glass ...

Certain writers have claimed that contemplating the vastness of space-time induces feelings of nihilistic dread, i.e. overwhelming feelings of being insignificant that threaten one’s sense of self.

I finally got a chance to watch that Barbara Marx Hubbard video that everyone's been buzzing about, and...wow. (If you haven't seen it yet, Fr. Z has it here.) After double-checking the ingredient ...

The meteoric rise of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology has ignited discussions of engineering agricultural animals to improve their welfare. While some have proposed enhancing animals, for instance ...

Most of us, I suspect, have had the experience of walking into a darkened room we presume to be empty, only to find someone sitting silently in the shadows observing our movements. When this happens, ...

Nietzsche’s famous quote, “What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger,” holds less often than, “What we avoid makes us weaker.” Emotion regulation makes us stronger. Put simply, emotion regulation is ...