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Particles are nature’s smallest constituents, but that doesn’t mean they’re fundamental. So what is the Universe made of?

Deep inside a luscious grove in Nigeria, a community of artists preserves otherworldly monuments to Yorùbá spirituality ...

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Twice a day, for a total of 19 months during the 1920s, the American vaudeville performer Edward H Gibson would get up on stage and perform a death-defying routine. The man billed as ‘The Human ...

Here is an easy challenge: imagine you are faced with a tough problem. Life is strewn with problems that need to be solved. And most problems do not require single decisions, like ‘Who should I vote ...

If you care about animals, you should eat them. It is not just that you may do so, but you should do so. In fact, you owe it to animals to eat them. It is your duty. Why? Because eating animals ...

We shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss the notion that AIs could possess some form of consciousness, argues Jonathan Birch, professor of philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science ...

For a century, this theory of human origins has died and returned. To free it from limbo, we must disentangle its many ...

Ancient Athenians chose leaders by lottery rather than elections. Could this solve the problems facing democracy today?

From weapon to icon – a riveting history lesson in the many meanings of the samurai sword that’s also just plain cool to see ...

‘Being 97 has been an interesting experience.’ By the time of his death, the US philosopher Herbert Fingarette (1921-2018) had lived what most would consider a full and meaningful life. His marriage ...