René Descartes, the founder of modern philosophy, was furiously condemned by his contemporaries. Why did they fear him?

A riveting ride through the history of astrophysics, this video details how humans have climbed ‘the cosmic distance ladder’ to calculate sizes and distances in the cosmos. The second in a two-part ...

Sheila was not alone in her disturbing experiences and her search for answers. By the early 1990s, numerous individuals had been coming forward in alarming numbers to say they feared they had been ...

On the coast of Cornwall in southwest England lies the picturesque village of Flushing, shaped by its fishing heritage and close-knit community. In this gentle portrait of place, the UK director Anna ...

To tap into the flow state, your skill level and the challenge of the task you’re working on should be in perfect balance. This is one of the eight principles of flow, first described by the Hungarian ...

In the United States, a large share of fruit and vegetable production comes from California, where the agricultural industry relies heavily on immigrant labour. Many of these workers arrive from ...

The last time I spoke to Godfrey-Smith about this, he asked if I had any ideas why birds hadn’t produced a highly cultural species. I didn’t then. But I do now. His question set me cogitating about ...

In the 18th century, the Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus set out to classify life, creating a system of taxonomy that still endures. But, as Firelei Báez – an artist from the Dominican Republic, based ...

In Weekend Visits, a mother and her nine-year-old child spend a day drawing, shooting hoops, watching YouTube and playfully bantering in a small house behind a fence. The scene seems like a ...