Plato and the allegory of the Ring of Gyges may have had a surprising influence on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

Plato made three doomed trips trying to reform a tyrant. His ancient mistake mirrors a modern trap: believing we can change ...

Scientists across all fields make various types of claims about their innovations. Validity tests check whether they deliver ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a mere technological tool. It has already evolved into a new ideology—a system of ...

Beauty is power. This is perhaps why it has played such an important role in culture and society since the beginning of time.

“I look at my life and remember that hapless little boy, and I think, How did all this happen?” This question animates Hopkins’s memoir, in which he recounts his path to becoming an actor. Hopkins was ...

Robin Waterfield’s new translation of Thucydides’ “The History of the Peloponnesian War” offers clarity but little consolation as we face upheaval and conflict.