The world’s isms – capitalism, socialism, fascism and so on – explored through the analogy of your mum doing the washing ...

Imagining how aliens might communicate prepares us for first contact and illuminates the nature of our own languages ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

is a PhD candidate in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley and a member of the Renaissance and Early Modern Studies Designated Emphasis programme.

is an award-winning British science writer based in Cape Town, South Africa. He is the co-author with John Heilbron of Quantum Drama: From the Bohr-Einstein Debate to the Riddle of Entanglement (2024) ...

In 2022, mass protests broke out in Iran following the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini in police custody after she was apprehended for allegedly violating the country’s strict hijab laws. Set against this ...