Philosophy

Philosophy

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

classical composers
For centuries, men prevented women from writing music. These classical composers broke with social norms and made their mark on history.
consciousness
What if intelligence can thrive without consciousness?
infinity
And if it does, could we ever measure it?
Sherlock Holmes
Detective fiction reveals how a particular society or time period looks at crime and criminal justice.
standard model color
The Standard Model of elementary particles has three nearly identical copies of particles: generations. And nobody knows why.
One theory for catatonia is that it is similar to an animal's “death feint.”
The base rate fallacy may help to explain low reproducibility in various fields of science.
How can the law keep up with new genetic technology?
quantum biology
The spooky world of quantum mechanics might reach out and touch you — by mutating your DNA. Welcome to the weird world of quantum biology.
Robinson v. California helped to established a rehabilitative ideal: addiction should be dealt with as a therapeutic matter.
The weirdness begs for an interpretation.
multiverse
There is nothing more important to science than its ability to prove ideas wrong.
parallel universe
Humans who've lived through the same events often remember them differently. Could quantum physics be responsible?
Illustration of a black hole in space with a glowing accretion disk and a stream of stars or gas being pulled toward it.
According to renowned physicist Christophe Galfard, physics can’t explain our universe – yet.
John Templeton Foundation
The observable Universe is 92 billion light-years in diameter. These pictures put just how large that is in perspective.
cgi
Technologically, the answer is definitely no. But that doesn't mean CGI is always used to good effect.