Philosophy

Philosophy

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

black hole central singularity
We'll never be able to extract any information about what's inside a black hole's event horizon. Here's why a singularity is inevitable.
We have less time than you might think.
Mahāyāna is the most popular type of Buddhism in the world today.
There are different types of atheism and atheists. In general, they can be classified as the non-religious, the non-believers, and agnostics.
A researcher explains a little-known niche within modern physics: animal collective behavior.
soccer
These ten maps provide a fascinating insight into the impact that soccer (sorry, football) has had worldwide.
a black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk.
The quantum world is one in which rules that are completely foreign to our everyday experience dictate bizarre behavior.
"All moments past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist."
Is science for everyone, or just the morally upright?
earth
We cannot afford to dream about living on other worlds while we continue to destroy ours.
You don't have to be an emperor to apply these rules to daily living.
covid origin
Three years after the pandemic began, we still don't know the origin of COVID. A strange lack of curiosity has stifled the debate.
ideal night sy conditions
We're used to scientists telling us about the math and physics behind astronomical events. But what does studying space make us feel?
time
You are trapped in time. You never live in the world as it is but only as you experience it as it was.
When your passion becomes your day job, sometimes the day job becomes a chore.
Based on data since 2000 alone, global warming is still occurring at a whopping 7-sigma significance. How hot will planet Earth get?