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 ...

The original Star Trek series secretly used sounds of people kissing to create noises for one of its many alien monsters.

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