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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Nero’s reputation as one of the most malevolent emperors in Roman history might be partly slander.
5mins
Gravity defies quantum mechanics. What does that mean for a theory of everything?
Life in the supremely vast cosmos is incredibly rare. We need a new vision for our living planet and for ourselves.
If you see life as only a source of suffering and misery, why bring anyone else into that? This belief, called anti-natalism, is on the rise.
"The more I unleash myself from the tethers of domestication, the happier I feel."
According to bushido, your life is of secondary importance to key virtues, like honor, loyalty, and justice.
Despite the vast number of planets in the Universe, Earth's specific evolutionary history guarantees that its life forms — including humans — are utterly unique.
By probing the Universe on atomic scales and smaller, we can reveal the entirety of the Standard Model, and with it, the quantum Universe.
The author of Frankenstein had an obsession with the cemetery and saw love and death as connected.
Predictive power has perverse, anti-democratic consequences. So be a good citizen and lie to election pollsters.
Listening to some songs can cause a powerful physiological response known as "frisson." What is it, and why does it happen?
The first observational evidence showing the Universe is expanding is 100 years old now: in 2023. Here's the story of its 100th anniversary.
Explore how belief shapes destiny, from Oedipus Rex to modern geopolitics.
9mins
Ever wonder what would happen if we got sucked into a black hole? Turns out we could live in it for a while — if it was big enough.
Music is part of the human experience, which is why some philosophers have written about it. Some had wacky ideas.
In Kannauj, perfumers have been making monsoon-infused mitti attar for centuries.
Can targeted interventions save Americans?
4mins
How do “you” emerge from a collection of cells? A biologist explains.
The use of the letter x as an unknown is a relatively modern convention.