Culture

Alternative funeral options are changing how we honor our dead
A small, yet growing number of people are starting to choose funeral options outside traditional burial or cremation.
Science fiction books that predicted the future with terrifying accuracy
Science fiction writers have anticipated a variety of modern inventions, from cars to organ transplants. Some books barely seem like fiction.
The most undervalued problem-solving tool? Lateral thinking.
Lateral thinking is a way of approaching problems. It deliberately forgoes obvious approaches in favor of oblique or unexpected ones.
Widom of Daoism: why Yin-Yang is so much more than a tattoo
The Four Enemies to a happy life and how to defeat them
A historian identifies the worst year in human history
“Read 2,000 books”: Werner Herzog’s advice on reading
How the brain responds to surprising events
Why Africa’s newest super-bridge is in the continent’s weirdest border zone
Theory of mind: What chess and drug dealers can teach you about manipulation
Geopsychology: Your personality depends on where you live
Ukrainian artists turn to NFTs to tell their stories 
Watch John McEnroe take on past versions of himself on the court