Thinking

Computers are not just beating humans; they are solving games entirely

Are artistic canons just historical accidents?

For decades, the way bad news was broken was, as one official British report put it, “deeply insensitive”. Now we do it better, thanks to the efforts of one American widow

There used to be many reported sightings of UFOs, but modern life has not been kind to them

The brain likes a challenge – and putting a few obstacles in its way may well boost its creativity

The unstoppable legacies of Isaiah Berlin and Hugh Trevor-Roper

It means more than a happy coincidence

Seemingly trivial things have a huge influence on the way that we make decisions, research shows.

People who know a lot about a lot have long been an exclusive club, but now they are an endangered species