‘He is, in simple terms, a man who destroys everything.’

A cancer diagnosis carries with it fear and upheaval. For many patients the cellular changes do not warrant the label

In the mid-1990s, thinkers pushed back against the idea we’re built by language, turning to feeling and the body instead

The notion that fatherhood and creativity are at odds is plain wrong, as both poetry and neuroscience are showing us

As Indonesia builds a new capital city, the race is on to preserve the sounds of the rainforest before they vanish forever

When I found the mushroom Amanita muscaria being sold in candy wrappers, I uncovered legal loopholes, dangerous dosages and more

Jürgen Habermas, the great defender of deliberative democracy, lived up to its demands: he never feared changing his mind

The remarkable engineering and tragic demise of the vessel that would end Britain’s dream to dominate the skies

By dwelling and conversing together across communities and generations, we learn our deep responsibility to the land

Be it movie mythos or nostalgia for a ‘simpler’ time, there’s an undeniable allure in stepping into the American West

When I found the mushroom Amanita muscaria being sold in candy wrappers, I uncovered legal loopholes, dangerous dosages and more

As Indonesia builds a new capital city, the race is on to preserve the sounds of the rainforest before they vanish forever

Cicero’s life and thought are a testament to the idea of probabilia: we should be confident in our beliefs, but never certain

It’s not just screen time: the problem with children’s media is that it has become relentlessly hectic, loud and bright

Decades after seeing ‘Platoon’, Kevin recalls how the film stirred generational trauma in his family and racism at school

A black hole rings like a struck bell, then settles into silence, forgetting almost everything about its history. Why?

Probing the biology, beauty and mystery of animal eyes, this short poetic documentary explores an alien world

The computist has one dream: to debug the subjectivity out of all of human knowledge, creating a pure, frictionless world

From ancient Roman frescoes to modern kitchen benchtops, our desire to recreate marble is about more than cutting costs

A century ago, the Pan-American road promised a new era of fraternity between the two continents. Did it succeed?

Homecomings, fantasies, food and ghosts – how the myth of eternal return keeps the Italian diaspora in a state of longing

Homecomings, fantasies, food and ghosts – how the myth of eternal return keeps the Italian diaspora in a state of longing

Decades after seeing ‘Platoon’, Kevin recalls a film that stirred generational trauma in his family and racism at school

It’s not just screen time: the problem with children’s media is that it has become relentlessly hectic, loud and bright

Physicians reject palmistry as nonsense. But reading the creases of our palms for hidden meaning is what doctors have always done

The fathers of Islamic science hold lessons for students: breadth over specialisation, and never let constraints get in the way

Can we test for AI consciousness when we don’t understand our own? Getting into John Searle’s ‘Chinese room’ experiment

Saffron and ostrich liver were prescribed but so were exercise, gardens, animals, socialising, and music

Indigenous knowledge and art overwrite colonial cartography to correct the historical record in Central Australia

Physicians reject palmistry as nonsense. But reading the creases of our palms for hidden meaning is what doctors have always done

A century ago, the Pan-American road promised a new era of fraternity between the two continents. Did it succeed?

Neoliberal policies have hollowed out democracies and spawned unchecked oligarchs. Grasping their structure points to a fix

We are most human when we play freely, imaginatively, pointlessly. Gamification risks atrophying that most precious capacity

Neoliberal policies have hollowed out democracies and spawned unchecked oligarchs. Grasping their structure points to a fix

‘If it’s not fun, it’s not worth doing.’ After traumatic upbringings, two septuagenarian sisters reclaim their childhoods

Hans Christian Andersen’s tantrum in Charles Dickens’s garden was a case of ‘too muchness’, emotions bursting past respectability

‘Monuments of stupidity’ – a tour of the high-rises of Hudson Yards in Manhattan with the Marxist geographer David Harvey

We are most human when we play freely, imaginatively, pointlessly. Gamification risks atrophying that most precious capacity

From relativity to quantum theory – our physical world explored through coffee

Ethics cannot be based on human nature because, as evolutionary biology tells us, there is no such thing

In the remote Himalayas, ice stupas are an elegant yet desperate response to climate change, and a plea to the world to care

Despite decades of inaction we can avert the climate Hellocene and restore the atmosphere to keep our world habitable

Nietzsche shows us how to embrace our connection with nature – without denying its essential conflict, strife and suffering

From artificial trees to epic solar shields – a filmmaker crafts a bold vision of humanity’s future on an engineered Earth

They have big brains, long childhoods and sociable, curious minds. So why haven’t birds developed complex culture?

Emilio Ambasz’s pioneering designs begin with a recognition that nature is human-made, paving the way for sustainable shelter

The lives that slither and scurry beneath the soil’s surface are vital for ecological health: now we can listen in to them

From childhood, women are trained to restrict their appetite. And there’s a huge, hidden, cognitive price to pay for it