Think of a mystery musical instrument. If a physicist is told the loudness of the sound it makes at every possible frequency, ...

In every chapter we find the author in a different bothy (11 in Scotland, one in Wales), usually escaping some undetailed ...

From atheist YouTuber to praying for divine revelation, what has happened to Alex O’Connor?

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Most scientific breakthroughs take years of research – but often, serendipity provides the final push, as these historic discoveries show .

The great Buddha statue in Nha Trang, Vietnam by Petr Ruzicka On paper, Buddhism looks pretty good. It has a philosophical subtlety married to a stated devotion to tolerance that makes it stand out ...

The view that more information produces better decisions is at odds with the world around us.

Are you hardline or happy, hedonist or hounded? Answer the questions below and find out how far your personality suits your philosophy Using our simple 14-question quiz you can find out where you fit ...

Technology is enabling us to retreat from the outside world. But we should resist the urge – for ourselves and for each other Patrons outside a busy pub in the Yorkshire Dales. Credit: Alamy There ...

The popular association of atheism with immorality is a particular deterrent for women who have religious doubts, since in Arab society they are expected to be “virtuous” in order to marry. “It is ...

But Trump likes people who like him, and these people liked him. By the fall of 2015, White-Cain was arranging meetings between the would-be president and charismatic religious leaders. These were ...

Too often associated with chaos and disorder, anarchism is actually an ideology rooted in a radical theory of education, says Judith Suissa We've become used to the words 'anarchist' or 'anarchism' ...