Why uterus transplants are a bad idea for women
Uterus transplants do not protect vulnerable women from using their bodies as…
The lucid dreaming playbook: how to take charge of your dreams
Lucid Dreaming: It’s a ritualized version of one of the most mysterious…
Utopia is a dangerous ideal: we should aim for ‘protopia’
What can replace utopia? The answer is protopia – incremental progress in…
Why Amartya Sen remains the century’s great critic of capitalism
Every major work on material inequality in the 21st century owes a…
The tech bias: why Silicon Valley needs social theory
Silicon Valley tech companies draw on innovative technical theory but have yet…
How looting in Iraq unearthed the treasures of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh asserts the endurance of civilised values in the…
Why religion is not going away and science will not destroy it
Historically, two related sources advanced the idea that science would displace religion…
How ‘Hindutva’ recast multi-faith India as the Hindu homeland
The term Hindutva coined by Savarkar recast multi-faith India as the Hindu…
Anger is temporary madness: the Stoics knew how to curb it
Is anger damaging your relationships, business associations? You can get away with…
Humans are the only animals who crave oblivion through suicide
Know the science of suicide along with the statistics. The psychology of…