Despite associations with the idle rich, the fact that inheritances are rising is a sign of a healthy, growing economy ...

It was a rust bucket, sure, but this car delivered the most precious good to a group of friends in 1980s Poland: freedom ...

The 17th-century town Cacheu was a hub of West African and European cultures, languages and beliefs (and run by women) ...

As AI’s endless clichés continue to encroach on human art, the true uniqueness of our creativity is becoming ever clearer Should we simply assume that all animals can feel pain and are of moral ...

As Zhuangzi saw, there is no immutably true self. Instead our identity is as dynamic and alive as a butterfly in flight ...

While their stories are distinct, overlapping themes of loneliness, agony and elaborate mental escapes run throughout. Beyond making a forceful case against the use of solitary confinement, the film ...

has taught at a number of institutions in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. He also teaches philosophy classes online for the general public. He is the author of The Pursuit of an ...

Despite the vastness of the sky, airplanes occasionally crash into each other. To avoid these catastrophes, the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) was developed. TCAS alerts pilots to ...

A documentary connecting two Singapores: the Asian country expanded on imported sand and a town in Michigan buried by dunes ...

According to the grit narrative, children in the United States are lazy, entitled and unprepared to compete in the global economy. Schools have contributed to the problem by neglecting socio-emotional ...

In the events series Letters Live, performers read notable letters – old and new, original and written by others – in front of a live audience. In this video, as part of the Letters Live event at ...

is professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick in Coventry, UK. Her latest book is Conscience and Conviction: The Case for Civil Disobedience (2012). Great loners are fascinating. Henry David ...