About 2,600 light-years away, a dead star is sending signals from beyond the grave. Astronomers recently found the strange beacon, which appears to be a pulsar blinking in slow motion — something that ...
About 20 years ago, a neuroscientist named David Eagleman strapped a bunch of students into harnesses, hoisted them to the top of an imposing metal tower, and then, without warning, dropped them 150 ...