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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Despite all that we've learned about the Universe, there remain unanswered, and possibly unanswerable, questions. Could "God" be the answer?
From a desert oasis to the Rocky Mountains, being filled with awe makes me a better scientist.
The human brain is only the latest chapter in the ancient story of thinking on Earth.
Shortly after planet Earth formed, life took a permanent hold on our surface. But just how common is such an outcome?
We cannot deduce laws about a higher level of complexity by starting with a lower level of complexity. Here, reductionism meets a brick wall.
Africa has the most universities in the 2022 rankings with over two thirds of the world’s youngest universities.
If dark matter exists in a large halo in our galaxy, made up of particles, then it's passing through us constantly. But how much?
“What am I missing?” is a question that journalist Mónica Guzmán thinks more people should start asking.
Think therapy is self-centered? Think again.
When we fail to help in a bad situation, we are morally responsible. So, why don't we pick up others' litter?
More than any other of Einstein's equations, E = mc² is the most recognizable to people. But what does it all mean?
Adult learning theory is a guidepost for designing training for maximum engagement.
Graphical user interfaces are how most of us interact with computers, from iPhones to laptops. But they were once condemned as making students lazy and destroying the art of writing.
Socrates lived during a time when people did not strive to separate fact from fiction. So how much of what we know about Socrates is true?
In "Off the Edge", journalist Kelly Weill dives down the strange rabbit hole of the flat-Earther community.
Online Shinto communities have existed since the birth of the internet as we know it.
A lot of research assumes happiness is measured by comfort and material conditions. For Aristotle, it is about being the best we can be.
In theory, history is the sum of everything that ever happened; in practice, it’s a story we tell ourselves to make sense of and justify our actions in the present.
Is the multiverse real? It's one of the hottest questions in all of theoretical physics. We invited two astrophysicists to join the debate.
Life is possible because of asymmetries, such as an imbalance between matter and antimatter and the "handedness" (chirality) of molecules.