Ascend steep cliffs to discover Ethiopia’s ancient churches carved into rock, still serving as places of worship today ...

In this layered portrait, an artist reflects on the complex reality of living with the distressing voice in her head ...

Many hope that AI will discover ethical truths. But as Gödel shows, deciding what is right will always be our burden ...

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The little-known painter who found beauty in bugs, transforming pests into wondrous creatures and works of art ...

In 1998, Indonesia was deep in crisis. With the country reeling from soaring inflation, mass unemployment and mounting unrest, tensions erupted into protests and riots that brought an end to the three ...

Consciousness is real Consciousness is neither a spooky mystery nor an illusory belief. It’s a valid and causally efficacious biological reality ...

Should owning an idea be treated the same way as owning a physical object, or are these two forms of property rights ultimately incomparable? How should societies balance incentivising new ideas with ...

Society will be much improved by loosening the stranglehold of top universities on the education of elites. But how?

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The systems that make people unfree are deeply intertwined. This prison abolitionist dares to envision real alternatives ...