“The most incomprehensible thing about the Universe”, said Einstein, “is that it is comprehensible.” Why, for instance, are the laws of physics not so complex that they are forever beyond the grasp of ...

Robert Prevost's election as Pope brought hope to reformers. But will he push for peace and resist ultra-conservative influence?

Alex Gabriel is a twentysomething British graduate. He writes from a theoretical perspective on religion and how to leave it, popular rhetoric and political dissent, secular, nerd and LGBT cultures, ...

Peter Adamson runs the Munich School of Philosophy at Ludwig Maximillian University and is author of Philosophy in the Islamic World (Oxford University Press) ...

Each day brings fresh news of the impact of man-made environmental collapse: floods, wildfires, rising sea levels. These are changes to the very earth and sea around us, on the largest scale ...

Proto-Indo-European gave birth to a plethora of modern languages, but there remains a question mark over its origins ...

As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge As conflict wracks the globe, two exhibitions offer a powerful vision of our ...

Italy and the Vatican are central to a movement intent on imposing "traditional values" on European society ...

Jonathan Franzen is the author of numerous novels, including “The Corrections”, and nonfiction books. In January, Fourth Estate published “What if We Stopped Pretending?”, a hardback edition of his ...

Scientists are making huge advances in understanding these keys to the universe Science today is plagued by fake papers, profit incentives and unreliable studies. Meet the science sleuths bringing the ...