ToK Essays Nov 2024

Scientific research on how to teach critical thinking contradicts education trends.

This doesn't denigrate Jesus's role in any capacity. Instead, it grounds his humanity. Every religion is a synthesis of previous religions. As Muraresku shows, the Greek influence on Christian symbolism is too often overlooked. Understanding historical circumstances help us recognize the force

Many of us believe we are masters of own destiny, but new research is revealing the extent to which our behavior is influenced by our genes.

Sheila investigates an exemplary collaboration between Lyndall Phelps and scientist Ben Still

Kardecism - an off-shoot of spiritualism - found fertile ground in Brazil, and grew to wholly undermine trust in science and medicine.

Marking Human Rights Day with the first concert broadcast of Max Richter’s moving new work

Rather than “just another” brain map, the Julich-Brain atlas is like a neuromapping API—one that could unite old brain-mapping efforts with modern methods.

It's obvious that dogs have the capacity to understand human words. The family canine's response to "out," "walk," or "car" is both helpful and entertaining for a human, and a source of significant excitement for a pooch. Each owner or family teaches its dog a vocabulary their pet agreeably learns

We can’t tackle the huge global challenges we face in isolation – scientists must be able to work together across borders.

God only started watching over us quite recently, according to a new study that analysed 414 societies from 30 world regions.

As the United States reaches 250,000 deaths, people are finding creative and symbolic ways to come to terms with the tragic milestone.

As one of the most experienced archaeologists studying California's Native Americans, Lynn Gamble knew the Chumash Indians had been using shell beads as money for at least 800 years.

The aggressive promotion of alternative therapies to prevent and treat animal diseases has become widespread, and is causing our pets harm.

As leaders grapple with how to prevent destructive wildfires, scientists and advocates are pushing a centuries-old method: fighting fire with fire.

Available episodes of Primo Levi's The Periodic Table

Renormalization, a technique that helps bridge the big and the small, has become perhaps the single most important advance in theoretical physics in 50 years.