As Stendhal knew, the reason for art is to make you feel. Do not try to grasp the artwork: allow it to grasp you instead ...

The precipitous decline of birthrates throughout the world poses a serious threat to humanity. What is to be done?

Inspired by a TikTok trend, a cognitive scientist developed the largest citizen science study in animal communication ...

Like today’s large language models, 16th-century humanists had techniques to automate writing – to the detriment of novelty ...

Peel back the visible and invisible layers of brilliance in one artist’s clever self-portraits juxtaposing East and West ...

An awe-inspiring look at how scientific knowledge builds upon itself gradually – one ingenious measurement at a time ...

After a murderous kidnapping in Nigeria, I launched a campaign to put a stop to the abductions. Why did no one listen?