Can colour be understood geometrically? If so, what’s the best way to map it out, capturing the variables of hue, brightness and saturation? These questions have deep implications for art, physics and ...

With a class of college students and inmates, teaching philosophy in prison is a rowdy, honest and hopeful provocation ...

A hero or a murderer? Stalin’s legacy is still a contentious issue in his birthplace, seven decades after his death ...

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

I once exalted in the extraordinary. But as I’ve learned from Virginia Woolf, indelible beauty is also found in the everyday ...

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 ...

Life is often experienced as a demanding, ongoing story. But with a little practice, a new space opens for peaceful presence ...

What is it about lulls in conversation that make them so very uncomfortable? It has to do with how we connect with each other ...

The US filmmaker John D Boswell (aka Melodysheep) is known for crafting meticulously researched CGI documentaries that, epic in both production and scope, probe the deep past and peer into the future.

An immersive ‘flow state’ isn’t only accessible to great artists and athletes. You can find your flow too. Here’s how ...