Category: Lifestyle

Tracy Calder on Why We Need to Keep Dreaming

‘The Germans have a phrase for the sense of panic many of us feel when a goal is within our reach: Torschlusspanik’.

‘Universe 25’: The Rat Colony Experiment

This ‘Universe 25’ idea comes from American scientist John Calhoun. He creates an ‘ideal world’ where rats will live and breed.

‘Yin,’ ‘Yang’ and the ‘Dao’: “Xi Jinping Thought”

Xi has reversed the pragmatic “learn from practice” approach of Deng Xiaoping’s “reform and opening up”.

Are You a Platonist or an Aristotelian?

“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 More Prosperous Societies, are Men and Women More Similar?

Women typically rated higher than men on each of the so-called Big Five traits – openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

Should We Put a Frozen Backup of Earth’s Life on the Moon?

Permanently shadowed regions on the moon are the perfect spots for preserving deep-frozen organisms.

How Nazi Germany Created the Volkswagen Beetle

“Well, sometimes Ledwinka looked over my shoulder and sometimes I looked over his.” –Ferdinand Porsche on designing the Volkswagen.

Animals’ Understanding of Death Can Teach Us About Our Own

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

Why Migrants Matter

Zeno, the founder of Stoicism, was subjected to disparaging comments because of his migrant status and his Phoenician ethnicity.

The Future of Political Science

Impotence Through Relevance? Faustian Bargains, Beyond Impact and the Future of Political Science.

Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” is Bad Art. But At Least It’s Art.

Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis has inspired much reflection about creativity, commerce, the freedom of the artist and the state of Hollywood.

Indian and Israeli Ethno-Nationalism

Balmurli Natrajan: “Hinduism has many aspects to it that have really nothing to do with Hindutva.”