With a class of college students and inmates, teaching philosophy in prison is a rowdy, honest and hopeful provocation ...

A hero or a murderer? Stalin’s legacy is still a contentious issue in his birthplace, seven decades after his death ...

Ascend steep cliffs to discover Ethiopia’s ancient churches carved into rock, still serving as places of worship today ...

In this layered portrait, an artist reflects on the complex reality of living with the distressing voice in her head ...

Many hope that AI will discover ethical truths. But as Gödel shows, deciding what is right will always be our burden ...

Life is often experienced as a demanding, ongoing story. But with a little practice, a new space opens for peaceful presence ...

In 1998, Indonesia was deep in crisis. With the country reeling from soaring inflation, mass unemployment and mounting unrest, tensions erupted into protests and riots that brought an end to the three ...

The little-known painter who found beauty in bugs, transforming pests into wondrous creatures and works of art ...

Growing up in countercultural California, ‘enlightenment’ had real glamour. But decades of practice have changed my mind ...

The whooping crane (Grus americana), the tallest bird in North America, has existed near the brink of extinction for decades, with its wild migratory population having dwindled to a single flock of 15 ...

When we see the Earth as ‘a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam’ what do we learn about human significance? ‘Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.’ From Pale Blue Dot (1994) by ...

A project by the Barcelona-born photographer Xavi Bou, Ornithographies finds beauty in the patterns that birds trace across the sky. In photographs and in short films, Bou condenses time by leaving ...