In pre-War Cambridge, students had to ace an interview with Ludwig Wittgenstein to attend his lectures — Alan Turing passed that test, and went on to create one of his own.

A controversial new philosophy paper tries to bring our moral prejudices to heel. Should it?

Misinformation was extremely popular in 2023, as bad science often made global headlines. Learn the truth behind these 10 dubious stories.

The problem with today’s AI isn’t it thinking for itself; it’s the tech telling humans whatever we want to hear.

With great power comes retcon responsibility.

The Parthenon embodies the ideals of perfection Classical Greeks sought from architecture. The neighboring Erechtheion offers something else.

Atomic nuclei form in minutes. Atoms form in hundreds of thousands of years. But the "dark ages" rule thereafter, until stars finally form.

Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 confirmed exoplanets — very few of which resemble Earth.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, matter can escape the center of the Earth.

From "The Castle of Otranto" to "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, these books changed the literary landscape.

Kmele talked with a planetary scientist, a physicist, and a futurist, to understand how visionaries across disciplines are thinking about the future of our planet and humankind.

On December 9, 2023, Halley's Comet reached aphelion: its farthest point from the Sun. As it returns, here are 10 facts you should know.

Even before birth, our brains are taking note of the languages we hear.

Looking back on our planet's early history offers a new (and less crazy) meaning for the idea of a "flat Earth."

From Æthelred the Unready to Halfdan the Bad Entertainer, these strange epithets colored the legacy of four rather unlucky historical figures.

For generations, physicists have been searching for a quantum theory of gravity. But what if gravity isn't actually quantum at all?

Without even realizing it, we’ve actually become pretty god-like in our powers.

Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio, rock icon Steve Albini, and comedian Fred Armisen told Kmele how they make sense of the world — and leave their mark on it.

The first elements in the Universe formed just minutes after the Big Bang, but it took hundreds of thousands of years before atoms formed.

Today, the F-word is enjoying a renaissance the likes of which it hasn’t seen since, well, the Renaissance.

Each December, the Geminid meteor shower puts on a show for skywatchers across Earth. With a new Moon at 2023's peak, it'll be outstanding!

The volcano’s historic eruption preserved an ancient library, but rendered its content illegible. A public competition aims to change that.

Consciousness isn’t just a problem for philosophers. On this episode of Dispatches, Kmele sat down with scientists, a mathematician, a spiritual leader, and an entrepreneur, all trying to get to the heart of “the feeling of life itself.”

These nematodes complicate how we understand evolutionary lineages.

MakeLoveNotPorn founder Cindy Gallop says women need to stop giving a damn what people think.

Nearly half of all stars are born in binary systems, with the most massive ones dying the fastest. It's not pretty for the "second" star.

Freethink's weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring Starship's second test flight, a new "dark mysteries" telescope, and more.

Lockdowns moved the burden of COVID from the at-risk elderly to the less-at-risk young. Does this sacrifice merit compensation?

How much do citizens really value free elections?

Fraud is a $5 trillion “industry.” But not all its perpetrators look alike. Kelly Richmond Pope, a professor of accounting, breaks down who commits fraud — and why.