Category: Insight

Two recent discoveries have changed our understanding of the word’s earliest history in English.

For scientists of yore anything—from mermaids to alchemy—was on the table. When it came to fascination with the occult, Newton was hardly alone.

Roman empire lasted for a 1000 years, Ottoman 600 years, British 400 years. American empire is now about 150 years old…

Everything in the Universe, from wandering turtles to falling rocks, is surrounded by ‘fields’ that guide and direct movement.

The project could represent a formidable step towards better understanding brain diseases such as dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s.

“Our culture today is likely to push you to be a Platonist…this is certainly convenient for businesses and political parties…but it can also…”

In 2018, field researchers in Uganda came across an unusual sight: a female chimpanzee carried an infant that she had recently given birth to…

Zero, which was invented late in history, is special among numbers. New studies are uncovering how the brain creates something out of nothing.

A knot is a circle embedded in three dimensions. Circle is a knot called an unknot. Given a knot, can it be unknoted?

Jonathan Shaw in Harvard Magazine: How does the brain process language—using sounds to form words, and assigning…

As of 2023, those born between 1997 and 2012 make up the largest generation in the world, but how easy are they to spot?

Chaos and Cause: The answer depends on the perspective you take: physics or human agency…