But all credit to Feynman for recognizing nature's abundant storehouse. In the end, Feynman's talk should perhaps be seen not so much as a piece of crystal-ball gazing, still less as a blueprint ...

Academics may be tempted to wonder whether those who continue to spread this stubborn myth really do use less of their brains than the rest of us. A more optimistic view, however, is that brain ...

Rainbows form when a unique combination of meteorological and atmospheric conditions come together at the perfect time, and while folklore speaks of a pot of gold at the end, science reveals rainbows ...

Laughing and Crying, a documentary from The Nature of Things ... but there are lots of myths out there about laughing and crying. Researchers like Robert Provine, a neuroscientist and professor ...

Mythologist and storyteller Joseph Campbell joins journalist Bill Moyers to explore what enduring myths can tell us about our lives. In each of the six episodes, Moyers and Campbell focus on a ...

Through his works, Chang creates a middle ground between fact and fiction, deftly blending the larger-than-life myths passed down ... between ritual and nature. “In Thinking Like A Mountain ...