Search
4mins
The Florida State University professor on how he got into the study of philosophy and why we sometimes go out and party when we know we should be studying.
41mins
A conversation with the Florida State University professor of philosophy.
I am not one to endorse stereotypes based on ethnicity, nation or religion. Especially not the ones from the earliest Star Trek series, in which everyone in the galaxy either […]
1mins
A profound fear of his own mortality.
8mins
Why this year’s Seder will bring a whole new understanding to the holiday.
2mins
It’s a stereotype that’s unfortunately true—and spans many religions.
5mins
The most difficult aspect of being a rabbi? Dealing with Jewish people.
3mins
At the New Shul in Manhattan, being Jewish isn’t everything.
8mins
Rabbi Niles Goldstein helped create a modern synagogue that’s home to all sorts of untraditional ideas.
8mins
Sometimes too many options lead to disengagement, says the New Shul rabbi.
40mins
A conversation with the founding Rabbi of the New Shul in Manhattan.
Suspended animation, where an animal’s metabolism is slowed to seeming death, is no longer the stuff of Star Trek, says scientist Mark Roth who is pioneering research into it.
This week around 200 experts will gather in California to work out how research into the possibilities of geoengineering the planet to combat climate change should proceed.
The New Yorker’s David Remnick remarks that Israel seems to view Barack Obama rather suspiciously and says the President’s customary cool has not warmed the countries’ relations.
Australian car manufacturer Holden is hoping to develop a car fuelled by household waste such as food scraps and dirty diapers within the next two years.
A key component in a popular Indian spice could delay liver damage and cirrhosis, according to a new study published in the research journal “Gut.”
While consolidating medical records into electronic databases might cut down on loose paper and red tape, one doctor argues the efficacy will be diminished because of privacy concerns.
Portion sizes in paintings of Jesus’ last supper have grown exponentially in the last 1,000 years in a strange parallel of changing eating habits, showing that art imitates life.
Forget Rahm Emanuel, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has “earned the badge of the toughest nut in F***nutsville” and is one of history’s most skilled vote-getters, writes Richard Adams.