Seizures are often described as both terrifying and enthralling. Mine gave me a wondrous new take on consciousness and agency ...

In a grim irony, his descendants – my grandmother and mother – struggled with drink. Here’s what I’d tell him about addiction ...

Susanne K Langer understood the indispensable power of metaphors, which allow us to say new things with old words ...

Love is not merely irrational – there’s a sense in which it’s also based on reason, which means we can get better at it ...

Dig around in that noggin’ and save everything that’s worth saving’ – Case channels his MS diagnosis into a work of art ...

Reflecting on the potential for extraterrestrial life can inspire awe and have a profound effect on your worldview ...

is a DPhil student in history at the University of Oxford. He hosts the podcast In Conversation with Jack Jacobs.

An ancient floor mosaic found in Antakya, Turkey. Loosely translated, the Greek text ‘Euphrosynos’ may mean ‘be cheerful, enjoy life’. Courtesy Antakya Archaeology Museum/Wikipedia ...

is an evolutionary social psychologist with broad interests in how the recurrent challenges of our distant past help us understand our motivational states today. He is the author of The Social Leap ...