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

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

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.

On 22 January 1817, Henri Beyle’s heart was beating fast. Not because he had braved the robber-infested road from Bologna, but because he was now approaching the city of Florence. Glimpsing ‘like some ...

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 associate professor of philosophy at Boston University, where he directs the Mind and Morality Lab. He is the co-author of A Better Ape (2022). A population crisis is unfolding – in my family. My ...