The debate goes back at least 400 years.
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These astounding inventions show that civilizations of the past were a lot more advanced than we might have thought.
A philosophical debate spanning creation, free will, and a sneaky teapot.
Humanity is never fully in control of its creations. This lesson from Mary Shelley has remained relevant for over 200 years.
In hell, we assume a position of moral superiority, looking down over the sinners and the poor decisions that led them to this wretched place. In heaven, Dante is looking down upon us.
Neuroscientists and artists alike are making the case that we could transform the world through psychedelics.
A recently identified stage of sleep common to narcoleptics is a fertile source of creativity.
Some authors never saw their books score widespread acclaim—or even get published at all.
Historians have been able to piece together a clear picture of how the average Roman citizen spent their waking hours.
Monsters have always represented societal fears, but narrative art also casts doubt on whether we fully understand our monsters — and their slayers.
Soviet censorship was thorough yet fallible.
From Atlantis to Thule, these mythical locales have captivated people's imaginations for centuries.
How the simple act of watching twilight can radically transform our perception of the world and our role within it.
With U.S. infrastructure crumbling, an honor oath and iron ring remind engineers of their profession's ethical weight.
Is "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch a condemnation of sin or a celebration of hedonism? Art historians still aren’t sure.
Modern memory athletes use this ancient technique to memorize thousands of digits of pi.
Today, the F-word is enjoying a renaissance the likes of which it hasn’t seen since, well, the Renaissance.
What if we could harvest energy from human heat, sweat, or vibrations?
Detective fiction reveals how a particular society or time period looks at crime and criminal justice.
Like some cold poison creeping up our veins, there's a frisson in the stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe.
One award was for a medical procedure that incapacitated thousands of people.
The information we have in the Universe is finite and limited, but our curiosity and wonder is forever insatiable. And always will be.
Evolutionary psychology could explain those otherworldly feelings.
Claims of a "loneliness epidemic" aren't based on robust data. Loneliness might be a problem, but it's not worse than it was in the past.
After it became clear that the world wasn't 6,000 years old, some proposed that northern peoples had emerged independently from others.
In ancient Greece, the Olympics were never solely about the athletes themselves.
Take a trip through these master-crafted fantasy societies and ask yourself: Could I actually live there?
The Russian writer’s scorn went beyond a difference in taste; Leo Tolstoy virulently hated everything Shakespeare had come to stand for.
Speculation about the existence of aliens goes all the way back at least to the Greek philosophers. Their arguments will sound familiar.