humans
06/08/2019 - 12:28
Nothing pulls at the imagination like extremes – overwrought banquets and orgies, epic battles, devastating natural disasters, glorious... →
27/07/2019 - 11:47
Scientists have debunked this argument over and over again. Studies demonstrate that carbon dioxide concentrations are currently higher... →
11/05/2019 - 13:21
There’s a concept from philosophy that describes this evolution — it’s called humanity’s expanding moral circle. The circle is the... →
09/05/2019 - 14:35
Some 300 mammal species have died off since the last ice age 130,000 years ago. Their answer: It would take 3 to 7 million years for... →
17/11/2018 - 19:53
Though the global liberal order has many faults and problems, it has proved superior to all alternatives. The liberal world of the early... →
18/09/2018 - 16:18
Daily Dilemmas
You might find yourself one day in a restaurant with friends and, feeling a little adventurous, you order a plate of... →
29/03/2018 - 12:29
Cities are part of the system we’ve invented to keep people alive on Earth. People tend to like cities, and have been congregating in them... →
09/01/2018 - 16:17
One of my first stops here was at a University of Las Vegas robotics lab. Scientists there were working on projects ranging from drones to... →
19/11/2017 - 17:25
Inequality goes back to the Stone Age. Thirty thousand years ago, bands of hunter-gatherers in Russia buried some members in sumptuous... →
27/07/2017 - 10:32
Some experts are sceptical of the Human Reproduction Update findings. But lead researcher Dr Hagai Levine said he was "very... →
26/05/2017 - 12:46
I spoke with Harari recently for my podcast, The Ezra Klein Show. To hear our whole conversation, subscribe on iTunes (or... →
27/04/2017 - 13:16
Now, something new has occurred that, again, quietly changed the world forever. Like a whispered word in a foreign language, you may have... →