Brilliance and kindness shine brightest when far from the comfortable centre. Even nature is more generative there too ...

Things have jobs: pillows are made for comfort, scissors are sharp, and digital devices are made to track your every move ...

Particles are nature’s smallest constituents, but that doesn’t mean they’re fundamental. So what is the Universe made of?

A generation of young people with ‘full hearts in an empty world’ sought hope in the face of insurmountable malaise ...

Ancient Athenians chose leaders by lottery rather than elections. Could this solve the problems facing democracy today?

The classic image of a katana, or Japanese samurai sword, is that of a sharp, single-edged blade with a faint wavy pattern and a slight curve extending from a circular handguard attached to a ...

South Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, or ‘India’ in its pre-nation-state meaning, boasts a remarkable diversity in ethnicities, cultures and languages. For more than two centuries, scholars and ...

English subtitles for this video are available by clicking the CC button at the top right of the video player. Set in the windswept hills of rural Iran, the short documentary Sarnevesht (Daughter) ...