A Necessary Critique of Fontcuberta’s Algorithmic Photography
Boris Eldagsen’s AI image, left, which won a Sony World Photography Award. And Miles Astray’s photo, right, which…
Why Derry Has Been at the Heart of Northern Irish History Since the 17th Century
Published: Apr 6, 2026written by Sara Relli, MA Modern, Comparative and Post-Colonial Literatures, MA Screenwriting Summary The Plantation of…
Some of your cells are not genetically yours — what can they tell us about life and death?
Hidden Guests: Migrating Cells and How the New Science of Microchimerism is Redefining Human Identity Lise Barnéoud, transl.…
What 350 different theories of consciousness reveal about reality
Consciousness is the ultimate question of existence. Nothing is more essential than our experience. Yet we have no…
The U.S. State Department’s Artful Misreading of Contemporary Europe
The U.S. State Department has long been respected for its venerable tradition of thoughtful and sound policy analysis…
King Charles I: England’s Worst Monarch?
Published: May 27, 2025written by Elizabeth Morgan, BA History w/ Tudor concentration Everyone knows that King Charles…
Shattered Illusions: Stories Of Pre-Internet Days
As a gentleman of a middling age, being barely in the arse-end of Generation X, there was a…
Gravity Could Be Proof We’re Living in a Computer Simulation, New Theory Suggests
We have long taken it for granted that gravity is one of the basic forces of nature–one of…
Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?
She’s an exceptionally bright student. I’d taught her before, and I knew her to be quick and diligent.…
What does quantum theory really tell us about the nature of reality?
The problem with quantum mechanics, or at least the reason even physicists don’t understand it, isn’t that it…