What is scientism, and why is it a mistake?

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 10, 2021December 10, 2021 Science

Click Here to Read: What is scientism, and why is it a mistake? Science is a method of inquiry about nature, while scientism is philosophy. And scientism is no longer up to the challenge of meeting the most pressing issues of our day by Adam Frank on December 9. 2021.
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This Mysterious Ancient Civilization’s DNA Was Not What We Thought it Was

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 2, 2021December 2, 2021 History, Science

Click Here to Read: This Mysterious Ancient Civilization’s DNA Was Not What We Thought it Was: The origins of the ancient Etruscans had remained an unsolved mystery hidden in their DNA — until now By Elizabeth Rayne on the SyFy website on November 27, 2021.

Etruscan sarcophagus from Cerveteri c. 520 BCE. Terra cotta, length 2 m. Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, Rome. Image: Frank Axelsson Piblic Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Oldest-known fossils of mysterious human lineage uncovered in Siberian cave

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 2, 2021December 2, 2021 History, Science

Click Here to Read: Oldest-known fossils of mysterious human lineage uncovered in Siberian cave By Charles Q. Choi on the Live Science website on November 28, 2021.
The map shows spread and evolution of Denisovans. Image: John D. Croft Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

An Argentine psychoanalyst received an international award for his work on psychosomatic diseases and the skin

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 2, 2021December 2, 2021 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: An Argentine psychoanalyst received an international award for his work on psychosomatic diseases and the skin BY MRT on the Market Research Telecast on November 30, 2021.

Rash. Image: CDC Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

What Impossible Meant to Richard Feynman

By Tamar SchwartzNovember 29, 2021November 29, 2021 Science

Click Here to Read: What Impossible Meant to Richa rd Feynman: What I learned when I challenged the legendary physicist. BY Paul J. Steinhardt on the on the Nautilus website on November 24, 2021.
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Humans Have Evolved to Stay Active Even in Old Age, New Hypothesis Claims

By Tamar SchwartzNovember 29, 2021November 29, 2021 Science

Click Here to Read: Humans Have Evolved to Stay Active Even in Old Age, New Hypothesis Claims by Conor Feehly on the Science Alert website on November 28, 2021. Several older men and women performing aerobics at the Rockville Senior Center. Image: Bill Branson. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Archaeologists Discover ‘Lost,’ 4,500-Year-Old Egyptian Sun Temple

By Tamar SchwartzNovember 20, 2021November 20, 2021 History, Science

Click Here to Read: Archaeologists Discover ‘Lost,’ 4,500-Year-Old Egyptian Sun Temple: Fifth-Dynasty pharaohs built six such structures. Until now, only two had been found by Livia Gershon on the Smithsonian Website on November 17, 2021.

Sun temple of Niuserre, Abu Ghurab, Egypt Image: Roland Unger Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons