The thought experiment known as Newcomb’s paradox pits participants against a supercomputer with near-perfect predictive ...

The sense that a dead person is still with us is both eerie and common: can we find a naturalistic explanation for it?

Rediscovering an André Breton essay about the value of embracing randomness, I realised this has been my life philosophy ...

There’s an app that makes the world look filthier. By exposing germaphobes to their fears, it can help break the cycle ...

The great historian came of age at the end of British rule in India. Now 94, she continues to defy a regime determined to ...

Growing up, most of us are taught that honesty is the best policy. However, we soon learn that this ‘policy’ resides more in theory than in practice. On average, people tell one or two lies every day.

Roblox is the world’s largest gaming platform for children. More than 110 million people log in each day, most of them under 18, with roughly one-third under 13. Dress to Impress is a game on Roblox ...

A few years ago, Jessica Pan – a young journalist living in London and with the world at her feet – found herself at a low point. Life had become predictable and samey. ‘I realised that I was using ...

I recall the day my mother realised that my Spanish was sounding ‘broken’. I was 12. She already knew that my English wasn’t up to par – I was useless as a family translator. But hearing me struggle ...

Over breakfast one April day in 1778, James Boswell asked Samuel Johnson why he gave up booze. Dr Johnson replied that he didn’t like to lose power over himself, but assured his friend that he would ...

How good is your memory? How effectively can you learn new information that you can reliably call upon? If you are like most people, you want to improve your memory. I know I did. My natural memory is ...

Nadine Weidman is a lecturer on the history of science at Harvard University. She is the author of Constructing Scientific Psychology: Karl Lashley’s Mind-Brain Debates (1999) and Race, Racism, and ...