These are trying times. A global recession sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, and widespread civil unrest, have created a combustible mix of angst – stressors that heighten the risk for long-term ...

Buddhism and science on our mind. Are these three–Buddhism, science, mind–connected? Yes, if you’re a Buddhist. The Buddhist studies the mind with empirical methods and with the same impartial ...

One of the greatest twists in the recent history of nonfiction came at the end of Sam Harris’s The End of Faith (2004). The book gave physical form to the message-board atheism of the early internet ...

Even though we do not remember all of our past experiences,when we encounter similar situations in a new place or during a ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Here is some sad news, courtesy of the Pew ...

Robert Wright is an award-winning science journalist who has written for The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and the New York Times. He’s also authored a number of best-selling popular science books, ...

How did the Universe arise? There are two main avenues to answer that existential question: science or religion. Cosmological evidence, gleaned from gazing far out into space (and thus back in time), ...

Before he embarked on research for his 2008 book "Buddhism and Science (http: //www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?mode=synopsis&bookkey=332602): A Guide ...