At first glance, the Drake Equation looks like a hopeful scientific tool. In reality, it leads to disturbing possibilities about isolation, extinction, and survival. This breakdown explains the ...

Drawing on Mandrake, Tennyson, Baudrillard and Jonathan Haidt, this essay examines how social media produces parallel selves, erodes attention, and reshapes childhood, ageing and public life—raising ...

With the clock ticking 71 days in, the season one finale of Pluribus starts with Kusimayu watching as a plane arrives in her ...

Vampires, ping-pong champions, missing kids, and superheroes. The year in cinema was one wild ride. Here’s what was worth ...