Philosophy

Science asks big questions about the nature of the universe, the nature of the mind and what it means to be human. Understanding how to interpret the answers often takes us into the realm of philosophy, the underpinning of scientific exploration.

Kind of cute. But pretty stupid. A scale model of a baby sauropod in its egg.
A rare moment of gender parity in philosophy: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre at a Paris cafe in May 1970.

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It's looking at you. But is it conscious? How do we know?
Reality? Of a kind.
Does it matter where it comes from if it helps you out?
Quantum entanglement: a little bit like dancing twins connected by unseen forces.
Two red casino dice landing question mark sided up on green cloth.
An illustration shows how the planet Kepler-36c might look from the surface of the neighboring Kepler-36b.