Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-03-07]: Engineers have grown the first functioning human muscle from non-muscle cells - skin cells reverted to their primordial stem cell state. The abi… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-03-03]: Millions of Americans hear ringing in their ears - a condition called tinnitus - but a new study shows an experimental device could help quiet t… Read More
A question that hides all the answers.Why does the world exist? We wander…Without understanding just how what we ask also answers our question. How would we look for whys in a world w… Read More
How many times have you been in a discussion where some atheist (or "agnostic") attacks and mocks religion or Christianity in particular? Unfortunately mocking anything religious is in fashi… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-02-27]: Calcium is something of a double-edged sword. Too much of the essential element is as dangerous as too little, either case adversely affecting h… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-02-23]: Physicists at the University of Basel have succeeded in cooling a nanoelectronic chip to a temperature lower than 3 millikelvin. The scientists… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-02-19]: A group of researchers has developed a new method for dialogue systems. This new method, lexical acquisition through implicit confirmation, is a… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-02-15]: The findings of a research are the first example of electrical brain stimulation in humans giving an event-specific boost to memory lasting unti… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-02-11]: Scientists have laid out a comprehensive theory for how our solar system could have formed in the wind-blown bubbles around a giant, long-dead s… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-02-07]: Living together in communities requires mutual cooperation. To achieve this, we punish others when they are uncooperative. Scientists have disco… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-02-03]: When brain lesions occur within the brain network responsible for morality and value-based decision-making, they can predispose a person toward… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-01-30]: A new analysis of the oldest known fossil microorganisms provides strong evidence to support an increasingly widespread understanding that life… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-01-26]: Where do the molecules required for life originate? It may be that small organic molecules first appeared on earth and were later combined into… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-01-22]: Work by psychology researcher Akira O'Connor suggested false memories may not be to blame for the phenomenon known as “Déjà… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-01-18]: Researchers have developed a robotic learning technology that enables robots to imagine the future of their actions, so they can figure out how… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-01-14]: Scientists have identified a common set of genes that enable different drought-resistant plants to survive in semi-arid conditions, which could… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-01-10]: A study has identified a neural mechanism in humans that allows us to segment our experience in discrete memory units. According to the research… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-01-06]: An experimental therapy which involves a face-to-face discussion between a person with schizophrenia and an avatar representing their auditory h… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2019-01-02]: Autism typically involves the inability to read social cues. We most often associate this with visual difficulty in interpreting facial expressi… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-12-29]: Some individuals enjoy spending time alone, reading or working on their computers. They are unsociable. Unlike shyness (withdraw out of fear or… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-12-25]: A study shows that dog owners live longer. [1] We like to live more. But once more, we have had our prejudice blind us. The most important human… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-12-21]: When people tell you, “wake up and smell the roses,” they might be giving you bad advice. Your sense of smell may fluctuate in sensi… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-12-17]: Researchers have developed transgenic mosquitoes that stably express the Cas9 enzyme in their germline. The addition of Cas9 will enable the use… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-12-13]: A grasshopper was found inside the paint of a famous painting. [1] Surely a weird and funny matter. But look again at the painting. There is mor… Read More
Philosophy in a sip Learn about one philosopher or a philosophical movement in 3 seconds!Learn for a philosopher in a sip of coffee; or tea!This article contains brief one or two-senten… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-12-09]: Religious beliefs are not linked to intuition or rational thinking, according to research by the universities of Coventry and Oxford.Previous st… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-12-05]: More mental health providers may want to take a closer look at including exercise in their patients' treatment plans, a study suggested. Researc… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-12-01]: Scientists theorized that they could manipulate a protein one mutation at a time and predict its evolution. They sought to prove it. And failed… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-11-27]: Physicists at Emory University have shown how a system of lifeless particles can become "life-like" by collectively switching back and forth bet… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-11-23]: Luck plays a role in how language evolves, according to researchers: Read a few lines of Chaucer or Shakespeare and you'll get a sense of how th… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-11-19]: Scientists try to determine when humans started impacting the planet on a large scale. [1] But everything affects the cosmos. Look at that cater… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-11-15]: Previous studies have shown that animals can remember specific events, use tools and solve problems. But exactly what that means remains a matte… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-11-11]: Researchers have succeeded in shortening the pulse duration of an X-ray laser to only 43 attoseconds. With a time resolution in the range of a f… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-11-07]: An AI application could help detect suicidal thoughts in individuals – thoughts which can go by undetected by their friends and family. [1… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-11-03]: A bit of imperfection could be perfect for flowers creating a “blue halo” effect that bees can see. At least a dozen families of flo… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-10-30]: Jupiter's intense northern and southern lights pulse independently of each other according to new UCL-led research using ESA's XMM-Newton and NA… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-10-26]: A study suggested that daydreaming during meetings isn't necessarily a bad thing. It might be a sign that you're really smart and creative. Peop… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-10-22]: A tree managed to grow by tearing itself apart at regular intervals. [1] We believe that creation is a separate act from destruction, but one ca… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-10-18]: Is glass a solid or a liquid? This question, which has been vigorously discussed by specialists in the field for some decades, has just been ans… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-10-14]: A group of scientists managed to change the opinions of people to more liberal ones by simply removing the element of fear from them (by making… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-10-10]: It seems that fish can get depressed. [1] Sorrow can be everywhere. Emotions as well. It is not these emotions which define us as humans –… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-10-06]: An AI machine learning on its own, surpasses all other AI machines which learn based on human input. [1] We learn based on input from others. An… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-10-02]: The eruption of a volcano may have sparked the downfall of the Egyptian civilization. [1] A cosmos in turmoil. A cosmos which is dissolving. Eve… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-09-28]: New research explores the negative effects of the coffee industry. Researchers cite a range of negative consequences that coffee cultivation con… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-09-24]: Scientists try to detect earthquakes by analyzing the data before they happen. [1] There be always be patterns. There will always be data. There… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-09-20]: We search for the cradle of life. [1] And we will never stop searching. Because no matter how much we search, we will always end up with unanswe… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-09-16]:We all seek a day without death.And yet, every day we die.And we are reborn again.Seek death one day instead.And you will be surprised that it is… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-09-12]: Researchers have developed a solution to a longstanding problem in the field of end-to-end encryption, a technique that ensures that only sender… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-09-08]: A 35-year-old man who had been in a vegetative state for 15 years after a car accident has shown signs of consciousness after neurosurgeons impl… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2018-09-04]: A scientific theory describing how the first massive black hole is created from a massive star in the beginning of the universe. [1] Even the da… Read More