Society
Existence, Absence. A Tao of Time
Often, we know of the existence of freedom only by its absence. (read more)
ethics
News
Exclusive Colleges Make For More Inclusive Colleges. Whut?!
Student-led protests for inclusive campuses are more likely at selective universities (read more)
Society
New Puritans, Pearlclutchers and Inquisition by Tweet
Puritans, religious zealots, and demagogues call for protection. Who protects us from them? (read more)
Society
The Many Uses of Dead Baby Whales
Blue Planet II’s weekly reminder that you are a sh*t (read more)
Society
Nick, Find a Cave and Hide Your Face
What could Po$$ibly make a $eemingly $en$itive arti$t $uch a$ Nick Cave Play I$rael? (read more)
News
Be Nice to Cows, Science Says So
Brazilian study shows how small changes on farms can lower stress levels of cattle (read more)
Society
Hurricanes are Real, Even if You Deny Climate Change
Post-Irma, the desperate pseudoscience of deniers is a cacophony of crazy (read more)
News
Would You Trust a Car to Make an Ethical Decision?
Self-driving cars may soon be able to make moral and ethical decisions as humans do (read more)
Society
Slavoj Zizek and Will Self In Conversation
Two of the West’s most dangerous thinkers go head to pointy head (read more)
News
Newly Arrived Migrants Work Harder: Proven
The received wisdom that migrant workers have a stronger ‘work ethic’ than UK-born workers is proven for the first time (read more)
News
Born to Love Heroes? Fairness, Justice, and Children
Japanese research into the roots of justice may contain hints for solving social ills (read more)
Society
War Profiteering and the Business of Slaughter. Ker-Ching!
Let’s call the oligarchy of the elite what they are. Murderers. Cold blooded, remorseless murderers. (read more)
Sound
Can Music Ever Be Sustainable?
Pop music can create not just idols, but shaman-like figures who help us negotiate our way through life and death. How do we keep it coming? (read more)
Sound
Towards a Sustainable Music
Making a living is just one aspect of the sustainable music industry that isn’t happening (read more)
News
Less Sex or More Money? Make Your Choice
Increasing minimum wage would reduce teen pregnancies (read more)
News
Building a Digital Wall – The Mechanics of Smartphone Interruptions
Smartphone interruptions: Are yours relentless and annoying? (read more)
Society
Against the Indignities of Trump, We Are Either All Together, or We Fall
Pearlclutching and professional outrage led us here, it’s time to speak plainly. (read more)
News
Anti-Aging Therapies – How Close is Immortality Now?
Anti-aging therapies targeting senescent cells: Facts and fiction (read more)
Society
Fed Up With Fake News? So Stop Making It.
Fake News sites cause very real damage, but how do you define ‘trustworthy’? (read more)
Art
The Right Stuff. Rogue Taxidermy (Lisa Black)
Unsettling and incisive, Lisa Black’s artworks ask questions of the viewer and our approach to nature (read more)
News
Shell Shopped? Tracking the Post-Disaster Shopping Urge
Post disaster consumers value off brand, low cost goods (read more)
Society
The Vatican: Why Should An NGO Have a UN Seat?
Why does a Non Governmental Organisation have UN status as Nonmember State Permanent Observer? (read more)
Features
Ban the Burkini? Or Ban Middle-Aged White Male Decision-Makers?
Legislation covers everyone, not just the few women who dress in a way you find threatening (read more)
Society
Drugs: The Only Issue In Which Ignorance is a Virtue
Maybe our ‘war on drugs’ should be reframed as a ‘war’ on ignorance (read more)
Art
On Snapchat, Azealia Banks, and New Media Plagiarism
Whilst being influential is satisfying, it’s frustrating watching your artwork become an unattributed meme (read more)
News
Think Kids With Drones Are Annoying? Meet the RoboBee
Harvard University researchers helps develop unique flying micro-robots (read more)
News
Join Us! Join Us! What Poor Entrepreneurs need to become Rich Entrepreneurs
Poor communities a ‘hotbed’ of entrepreneurial creativity, but need help to grow (read more)
Society
In, Out, Shake it All About. What Politicians Forget About a Unified Europe (Part Two)
History provides a template for the society we live in. Outside of Europe, Britain would only have its own. (read more)
Society
Mantra for Fulfilled Living: Battling distraction, addiction and domination
Be weak, for strength in a violent world is an ignoble tool (read more)
Society
Nothing Happens at All, Part Three: Charity
If possessions enslave us, and suffering numbs us, what gives us a warm, if impotent, glow? Charity (read more)