Edo, modern Tokyo, transformed from a city near ecological collapse to a thriving epicentre by creating a circular economy ...

Lansana Keita rejected Eurocentric ideas, tracing the philosophical tradition back to African Kemet or ancient Egypt ...

We all want longevity without compromising on quality of life. This 87-year-old achieves both with a daily running habit ...

What does true wilderness look like? A photographer captures a rare slice of it in this refuge threatened by development ...

How do we develop our sense of space? Henri Bergson questioned the very fabric of our reality in his revolutionary work ...

Opening at the scene of a picnic in a Chicago park, then gradually zooming out to encompass a view 100 million light years away before magnifying down again to a single proton, this classic 1977 short ...

is professor of philosophy at University College London. He is director of the MA in philosophy, politics and economics of health, co-director of the UCL Health Humanities Centre and co-director of ...

More than 2,000 years ago, the semi-mythical father of medicine, Hippocrates of Kos, challenged the spiritualists of his time with a bold claim about the nature of the human mind. In response to ...

A few years ago, a physicist friend of mine made a joke on Facebook about the laws of physics being broken in Italy. He had two pieces of news in mind. One was a claim by a team at the Oscillation ...

At first glance, the Cornish mallow (Lavatera cretica) is little more than an unprepossessing weed. It has pinkish flowers and broad, flat leaves that track sunlight throughout the day. However, it’s ...

is professor of philosophy at Utah State University. He is the author of several books and essays on the history of philosophy, as well as some fun stuff, such as How You Play the Game: A Philosopher ...

Everyone is panicking about the death of reading. The statistics look damning: the share of Americans who read for pleasure on an average day has fallen by more than 40 per cent over the past 20 years ...