The heroic days of deciphering hieroglyphics and cuneiform make for great stories, but will we ever see that happen again?

What is the highest goal our lives can achieve? Paul Tillich and Mark Van Doren’s insights from the 1950s are illuminating ...

With electron microscopes that magnify butterfly wings 50,000 times their original size, a hidden ‘topography’ emerges ...

The World Bank’s poverty line is inaccurate and out of date – an error that obscures the feebleness of market solutions ...

Vova and Roma, two Ukrainian boys, spend their summer in the ever-present shadow of war in this affecting short film ...

Long believed to be particularly associated with males, new research is revolutionising our understanding of autism ...