ToK Essays Nov 2024

“Intelligence is not something which exists, but something one does.”

Toni Morrison’s book is a masterpiece. But literary merit no longer outweighs empty soundbites.

Researchers believe that gestures used by great apes were an evolutionary "starting point" for our language.

Since 1993, the British False Memory Society has been supporting parents accused of abuse via memories 'recovered' during psychotherapy

The movement of wakes left by large boats can look deceptive, and to the untrained eye could easily be mistaken for a monster in Loch Ness

New research suggests that most people experience less stress once they reach their 40s and 50s.

A wild theory suggests that consciousness may explain quantum mechanics, by forcing the subatomic particles to choose one concrete outcome.

For the first time in decades, humanity is making its way back to the moon. As you might imagine, conspiracy theorists who deny the original moon landing are not taking this well.

Life may have originated in deep sea vents, without the need for DNA or RNA

Our assumptions about the countryside have held us back from paying attention to catastrophes unfolding there in plain sight.

It is the latest place to approve the process - considered to be greener than a burial or cremation.

Although there’s no cure for tinnitus, help is out there – including sound-generating devices, background noise and talk therapy.

Human beings are at the centre of the knowledge universe. This is why in your TOK studies everyone explores the ‘Core Theme’. Figure 3 pictures ‘Me as a knower and thinker’. Anyone who pursues knowledge, whether an expert or not, will at some point have to reflect on the fact that there are various factors, both internal and external, which either promote or constrain their endeavours.

Dark matter and other key properties of the cosmos could be explained by a new theory describing the big bang as a mirror at the beginning of spacetime, says Perimeter’s Director Emeritus

Early scientists didn’t know it, but we do now: The void in the universe is alive.

Now that AI systems can generate realistic images and convincing prose, are creative and knowledge workers endangered or poised for productivity gains? A panel of experts says it’s not so clear-cut.

Individual liberty, the common good, and human dignity

Steven Pinker, Mary Beard, Rebecca Solnit and others reveal the books that made them see the world differently