Philosophy

Philosophy

Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.

When it comes to handling our emotions, we can’t afford to be none the WISER.
Albert Einstein and Isidor Kohn
How scientists found out that we live in a cosmic aquarium.
nasa merge black hole
When supermassive black holes merge, they emit more energy than anything else to occur in our Universe except the Big Bang.
a pie and a slice of pie on a pink background.
We bake pies for Pi Day, so why not celebrate other mathematical achievements.
pi day cover image
It's the best-known transcendental number of all-time, and March 14 (3/14 in many countries) is the perfect time to celebrate Pi (π) Day!
Virtually anyone can now create convincing deepfakes. That doesn't mean you should.
The nature of civilizational threats has changed in a mere decade.
Green algae on a lake
Civil engineer Martin Lebek has a brilliant plan to redress the world’s phosphorus imbalance.
Are anti-workers the lazy children of privilege or the brave vanguard of a utopic upheaval?
Queen Calafia seems like she could have sprung from the pages of a modern fantasy novel.
quantum entanglement qubit ER = EPR
Two very different ideas, wormholes and quantum entanglement, might be fundamentally related. What would "ER = EPR" mean for our Universe?
About 1 in 5 adults now say they have no religious affiliation, up from 1 in 50 in 1960.
Not even Einstein immediately knew the power of the equations he gave us.
Caspar David Friedrich Romanticism
For Nietzsche, a great work of art can either veil the horror of reality or – better yet – help us face it.
regions of the universe
The zero-point energy of empty space is not zero. Even with all the physics we know, we have no idea how to calculate what it ought to be.
"Of course, the spleen is the biggest organ in the body."