As a young mechanical engineering student, and later as a medical student, Yale’s Samuel Wilkinson became fascinated with what science — particularly theories of evolution — might tell us about the ...

In a conversation with Nikhil Kamath, Elon Musk talks about collective consciousness, reality of the world, and what he thinks about spirituality.

Have you ever wondered if there was more to “life” than what you were experiencing? Have you ever felt like “bad” things just happened to you; challenging situations that were out of your control?

Monash University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. But children know otherwise. They ask big questions like “Why are we here?” and “What does it mean to be fair?” and ...

It has become such common advice that few question it. But rather than inspirational, it can feel like a burden. How do I go about finding this and what if I never do? This is “purpose anxiety” – the ...

We don’t think about death enough. How’s that for an opening sentence? Talk about an invitation to scroll down. Or up. Or anywhere else to avoid reading, and thinking, about death. But here’s my ...

Carl F. Weems receives or has received funding from the state of Iowa, Youth Shelter Services of Iowa, Environmental Protection Agency, US National Science Foundation, and US National Institutes of ...