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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Assume we can make new thylacines, mammoths, diprotodons, or sabre-tooth cats. Great. Now where do we put them?
3mins
He’s written 7 books on happiness. He’s studied it for 30 years. He even taught it at Harvard. What can Tal Ben-Shahar tell you about really being happy?
Can a non-native species be a friend instead of a foe?
Far from being inappropriate, many of the most controversial acceptance speeches highlighted important issues in the film industry.
Understanding the factors behind recent growth could help us better approach inequality.
Modern applications of Stoicism show up in unexpected places, from the latest techniques in psychotherapy to texts on Christian theology.
“It’s not a secret that legal language is very hard to understand. It's borderline incomprehensible a lot of the time.”
4mins
We’re wrong about what other people think – and that has harmful impacts on the next generation.
Stand Together
Where the prime meridian meets the equator, a non-existent island captures our imagination — and our non-geocoded data.
Psychological safety plays a key role in fostering innovation and collaborative group dynamics where all team members feel comfortable being themselves.
About six minutes after the heart stops, the brain essentially dies.
Every year, scientists like George Church get better at editing the genomes of human beings. But will genome editing help or hurt us?
We imagine and debate the inner lives of literary characters, knowing there can be no truth about their real motives or beliefs. Could our own inner lives also be works of fiction?
War is peace.
Awe is a powerful force, a fact that is both exciting and terrifying.
John Templeton Foundation
Nostalgia is a happy remembrance of the past, yet it also leaves us feeling sad. Perhaps ironically, it can serve as a painkiller.
Is there any good reason for assigning North and South the way we do, or could we have just as easily done the reverse?
Most people have a distorted view of what being a scientist is like. Scientists need to make a greater effort to challenge stereotypes.
A growing body of research shows that religious people seem to enjoy more psychological well-being compared to others.
The laws of physics state that you can't create or destroy matter without also creating or destroying an equal amount of antimatter. So how are we here?