The world’s isms – capitalism, socialism, fascism and so on – explored through the analogy of your mum doing the washing ...

Imagining how aliens might communicate prepares us for first contact and illuminates the nature of our own languages ...

As Stendhal knew, the reason for art is to make you feel. Do not try to grasp the artwork: allow it to grasp you instead ...

is a PhD candidate in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley and a member of the Renaissance and Early Modern Studies Designated Emphasis programme.

The precipitous decline of birthrates throughout the world poses a serious threat to humanity. What is to be done?

In 2022, mass protests broke out in Iran following the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini in police custody after she was apprehended for allegedly violating the country’s strict hijab laws. Set against this ...

is a specialist in the early medieval Scandinavians and professor of archaeology at the University of Uppsala in Sweden, where he also directs the national Centre for the World in the Viking Age. He ...

The history of studies in which humans attempt to communicate with nonhuman animals is famously fraught with anthropomorphism, questionable ethics and just plain bad science. So then, why does ...