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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
The gaze of another person can make us conceive of our body as an object.
Soviet researchers studied crime through a Marxist-Leninist lens. Under Lenin, a humanitarian approach to criminality briefly emerged, but dissipated when Stalin rose to power.
Many animals practice what looks like self-medication. A new report suggests that chimps tend wounds with insects, often treating each other.
If the electromagnetic and weak forces unify to make the electroweak force, maybe, at even higher energies, something even greater happens?
Painkillers have nasty side effects, such as organ damage or addiction. Researchers have discovered a new drug that may cause none of these.
After it became clear that the world wasn't 6,000 years old, some proposed that northern peoples had emerged independently from others.
Lake Baikal holds nearly one-fourth of Earth's fresh surface water and is the most scientifically interesting lake on our planet.
With 1550 distinct type Ia supernovae measured across ~10 billion years of cosmic time, the Pantheon+ data set reveals our Universe.
We value human life in a way that assumes we possess a sacred something not found in beings like lambs, turkeys, or mosquitoes.
The ten greatest ideas in science form the bedrock of modern biology, chemistry, and physics. Everyone should be familiar with them.
Thich Nhat Hanh, the late Vietnamese monk, thought walking could be a profound contemplative practice.
Yes, the Universe is expanding, but you might wonder, "How fast is it expanding?"
Although saying the wrong thing could often get you killed in ancient civilizations, history shows that the ideal of free speech has deep roots.
When Saint Ambrose of Milan was venerated, his life became public property, its meaning expanding with the unique interpretations of each new generation.
Many first-hand accounts from the golden age of piracy were grossly embellished, meaning it's extremely difficult to separate Blackbeard the legend from Edward Thatch the person.
Einstein's theories of relativity faced fierce opposition. One critic claimed he was attempting to subvert the scientific method.
In scientific theories, the Multiverse appears as a bug rather than as a feature. We should squash it.
According to Sigmund Freud, our revulsion at taboos is an attempt to suppress a part of us that actually wants to do them.
From physics and alchemy to theology and eschatology, Isaac Newton’s research was rooted in a personal pursuit of the Divine.
Is hope more realistic than despair? Aquinas thinks so.