The world sees Japan as a paragon of minimalism. But its hidden clutter culture shows that ‘more’ can be as magical as ‘less’ ...

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The belief in witches is an almost universal feature of human societies. What does it reveal about our deepest fears?

Intellectual humility has recently been hailed as the key to thinking well. The story of Barbara McClintock proves otherwise ...

Henri Bergson and Albert Einstein fundamentally disagreed about the nature of time and how it can be measured. Who was right?

For a young girl living in 1980s Tehran, the small intrigues of everyday life take centre stage against a backdrop of war ...

After years of debate and contemplation, I’ve come to think a heretical form of Christianity might be true. Here’s why ...

The Mormon state is seen as deeply homophobic. Yet, from polygamy to pride, Mormons themselves are a distinctly queer lot ...

The information age has a data storage problem, and the ‘cloud’ – which is, in reality, a collection of massive data storage centres with enormous carbon footprints – likely isn’t a viable long-term ...

is a historian of medicine in the UK. He holds an MLitt and PhD from the University of Glasgow, and is a former Wellcome Trust Research Fellow. He is the author of Cocaine, Literature, and Culture, ...

It’s a beautiful world … when you’re free’: two teens grapple with how to live an authentic life in this vintage short ...