As a form of civil disobedience, hacking can help make the world a better place.

It could lead to a massive uptake in those previously hesitant.

Life is governed by unspoken rules. How do you know you're following them correctly?

Being mortal makes life so much sweeter.

Quantum theory has weird implications. Trying to explain them just makes things weirder.

Milgram's experiment is rightly famous, but does it show what we think it does?

When does a healthy desire for wealth morph into greed? And how can we stop it?

Why saying, "I don't know," might be the best thing you can do.

Science has not yet reached a consensus on the nature of consciousness.

Pythagoras may have believed that the entire cosmos was constructed out of right triangles.

Is the physical universe independent from us, or is it created by our minds, as suggested by scientist Robert Lanza?

Must a religious story be confirmed as a true fact to be effective and inspiring?

Being an intellectual is not really how it is depicted in popular culture.

Diogenes was no doubt odd, but Cynicism might just help our overcrowded lives.

A famous thought experiment from the 1970s is more relevant today than ever before.

No. But Buddhism and quantum mechanics have much to teach each other.

Truth might be hard to find, but we can take steps to eliminate common cognitive biases.

Aliens symbolize the best and worst of humanity. When we dream of aliens, we are pondering our future selves.

Seek pleasure and avoid pain. Why make it more complicated?

What's the difference between brainwashing and rehabilitation?

This spring, a U.S. and Chinese team announced that it had successfully grown, for the first time, embryos that included both human and monkey cells.

Regularities, which we associate with laws of nature, require an explanation.

Reductionism offers a narrow view of the universe that fails to explain reality.

Could a pill make you more moral? Should you take it if it could?

Scientists believe they have the answer, but philosophers prove them wrong.

The Jewish prophets, Plato, Sun Tzu, and Buddha all lived in a "golden age" of philosophy that laid the foundation of modern thought.

How imagining the worst case scenario can help calm anxiety.

Dancing, fot Nietzsche, was another way of saying Yes! to life.

Modern science progresses with an intensity and even irrationality that Aristotle could not fathom.

Think of the nicest person you know. The person who would fit into any group configuration, who no one can dislike, or who makes a room warmer and happier just […]