Dostoyevsky, Just After His Death Sentence Was Repealed, on the Meaning of Life

How the ‘fire amoeba’ withstands temperatures that would kill most complex life

The 'Strange Death' of Libertarianism Is Greatly Exaggerated

The Courage to Be Yourself: E.E. Cummings on Art, Life, and Being Unafraid to Feel

Oliver Jones (1934 – 2026) Jazz Pianist and Composer

The Scientific Method Has Left the Building

AI Companies Promise Humanoid Assistants. How Will the Robots Know What To Do?

How to Govern the Existential Risk of AI

Peter Max (1937 – 2026) Psychedelic Artist

MIT named the nation’s top university by U.S. News for 2026-27

Victory in Defeat

“The body could have been that of a hobo.” The life — and death — of Victor Serge is evidence that years spent on the barricades takes a toll

The meaning of fake marble

Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent’s Century-Old Meditations on Art and Life

The Face of Life At The Met

Actuality vs. Possibility and How to Hear the Signal of Your Life

The Meaning of the Lindsay Clancy Mistrial

The Life And Work Of Celeste Dupuy-Spencer

The Measure of a Life Well Lived: Henry Miller on How to Grow Old and the Secret of Remaining Young at Heart

Nick Cave on Integrating the Darkness of Loss with the Bright Ongoingness of Life

Scientists map massive layer of life just beneath our feet