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

The weird paradox of Schrödinger’s cat has found a lasting popularity. What does it mean for the future of quantum physics?

That’s us.’ From Pale Blue Dot (1994) by Carl Sagan. Photo courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech But what, exactly, should we make of ...

When AI takes over the practice of science we will likely find the results strange and incomprehensible. Should we worry?

In the aftermath of a head injury, Nick’s mind is split between his old self and a strange new self he doesn’t know ...

‘At any rate, spring is here … and they can’t stop you enjoying it.’ In his essay ‘Some Thoughts on the Common Toad’ (1946), George Orwell celebrates the spring awakening of the titular amphibian – a ...

In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates shared a theory of love from the teachings of a ‘non-Athenian woman’. Who was she really? Reclining Woman, 1st century BCE-2nd century CE, Parthian. Courtesy Harvard Art ...