Mono-disciplinary approaches at university have a long history, dating back to the formation of the first medieval universities, where teaching was often centered on specific disciplines, a legacy of ...

All the wonderful accounts of the late E.O. Wilson’s insatiable curiosity and persistence in his quest for new insights to further our understanding and care of the world we inhabit have been properly ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Robyn Williams: What do you think of these statements: 'most scientists link high cholesterol with ...

The idea of consciousness and its relationship between mind and brain have puzzled, bamboozled and flummoxed philosophers and scientists alike since the dawn of civilisation. They still do - ...

This year in January Amina J. Mohammed the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations noted the world is facing the highest number of violent conflicts since the Second World War; in March the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. If only everyone and everything could get on the same page, or at least in the same (e)book. In physics, the search continues for a ...

This is Consilience, a podcast from The Scientist magazine. I’m Ben Henry. Today, we’re talking with scientists about how to compare plants to animals—and whether or not we can use words we associate ...