F or the first time, chitin has been identified in a Cambrian Period trilobite. The unexpected discovery could be useful for ...

The idea that an a priori metaphysics must first provide a conceptual framework for science to work at all, to be able to reveal truths about reality, is, as the philosopher Don Ross has aptly put it, ...

Complex cells are thought to be the result of a union between two ancient microorganisms, but scientists have long been ...

Without this history, students may see Black thinkers as footnotes rather than world-historical contributors. As we rise to confront Trump’s fascism, Truthout appeals for your support. Any ...

Three Harvard College students and one alumna were awarded the 2026 Gates Cambridge Scholarship and will pursue fully funded postgraduate degrees at the University of Cambridge next year, the Gates ...

The Beyond Center hosts lectures and events to inform the public about its investigations of science and philosophy.

Dana Scott, the Hillman University Professor of Computer Science, Philosophy and Mathematical Logic (Emeritus), has received the 2025 K. Jon Barwise Prize from the American Philosophical Association.

The Nobel laureate Dr C V Raman has reminded generations that steady effort and clear questions trump expensive kit. This piece has explored his life, the context of the remark and its lasting message ...

While many of my readers are philosophers, or have at least studied philosophy for a while at university, many are not. So I was reluctant to get into metaphysical debates within philosophy, fearing ...

A major theme in communist governments is the idea of central planning. Every five years, the central authorities in communist countries lay out their goals for the country over the course of the next ...

Physicist Sean Carroll explains how physics, astronomy, philosophy, and classics all help us understand the expanding universe and our place in it ...

This collection of 99 observations, from roughly 800 total (to be compiled into future books), forms the foundation of his ...