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Plato, Socrates and Aristotle wrestled with the concept of akrasia –whether it’s possible to act against what you know to be good

Discover the intriguing tale of orichalcum, the mythical metal linked to Atlantis, found in a 2,600-year-old shipwreck off Sicily.

Discover the recent finding of orichalcum ingots off Sicily, reigniting interest in the legendary metal of Atlantis.

Professor Bill Richards’ pioneering research spans back to the 1960s — he tells Evgeny Lebedev why science takes time and how terminally ill patients could benefit from psilocybin therapy

The convicts in the Bilkis Bano case paint a disconcerting picture of India’s legal and penal systems, highlighting their inadequacies

Book claims it is ‘hard to find another currently existing society’ better than that in Skerries, near Dublin

Americans should not pretend the growing gap between the wealthy and the poor is not a problem. Economists and philosophers have pointed out the threat, stretching back to Plato, a DePaul University political science professor writes.

When I hear Shania Twain’s You’re Still The One, it takes me back to when I was 15, playing on my Dad’s PC. I was tidying up the mess after he had tried to [take his own life]. He’d been listening to her album, and I played it as I…

Netflix is releasing ‘Escaping Twin Flames’ documentary on 8 November

Some scientists suggest that if our reality is a simulation there may be glitches within the fabric of the universe

The simulated universe theory implies that our universe, with all its galaxies, planets and life forms, is a meticulously programmed computer simulation. In this scenario, the physical laws governing our reality are simply algorithms. The experiences we have are generated by the computational processes of an immensely advanced system.