HuffPost Science: Ancient Mega-Volcanoes; Egyptian Sundial Found; First Message From Space

March 22, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Ancient Eruptions Tied To Mass Die-Off Massive volcanic eruptions may have led to the extermination of half of Earth's species some 200 million years ago, a new study suggests. Continue reading... Sundial Found Near Ancient Tomb May Be Oldest Of Its Kind First Message From Space Added To National Registry Chimp Study Sheds Light On Origins Of Teamwork Universe Older Than We Thought, Space Probe Data Suggest LOOK: Unique 'Whale Fall' Triggers Discovery Of New Sea Creatures Radical Behaviorist Remembered On Birth Anniversary Universe Older Than We Thought, Space Probe Data Suggest Ancient Mega-Volcanoes Tied To Huge Extinction Event Universe Older Than We Thought, Space Probe Data Suggest CONFIRMED VICTOR STENGER Happy Birthday, Emmy Noether On March 23, 1882, a girl named Emmy Noether was born in Erlangen, Bavaria. The daughter of a mathematician, she would turn out to be a mathematical genius and make one of the most important contributions to physics in the twentieth century. Continue reading... LILA NORDSTROM Diverging Bases: The Case Against the Metric System In the same way that the foot was obviously invented by a potentially vain, math-hating medieval person, the meter was clearly invented by an anti-social mathematician. Continue reading... DAVE PRUETT Science's Sacred Cows (Part 7): Reductionism Reductionism has its limitations. Is a human being -- one who bristles at injustice, weeps at Pachelbel's Canon, loves her children, is awestruck by beauty, and craves chocolate -- simply the product of Pavlov's conditioned reflexes to stimuli? Continue reading... MATTHEW HUTSON Even Top Scientists Believe Everything Was Created by Magic The sense that certain things were "meant to be" or even that "everything happens for a reason" is encouraged by the intuitive assumption that a mind is guiding all the events in our lives. Continue reading... DOUGLAS C. JOHNSON Can a Tragedy Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You? We know that suffering is amplified when we don't see it coming, when we don't have any control over it, and when it's something we've never had to deal with before. All of which makes Stacey Kramer, and those who respond to suffering like she has, even more remarkable. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.