Why schrödinger’s cat is still the most controversial thought experiment in science

There’s a worrying problem with the ‘Higgs field’ — the energy field that gives particles their mass. It seems to be dangerously close to having an inherent instability. In the absence of particles, t

The tech revolution that manipulates the subatomic world

The Royal Institute of Philosophy at 100

Most of us know that computers can beat humans at chess. Did you also know that they can now beat us at Go. Perhaps the bigger question is why humans chose tabletop games as the benchmark of intellige

Could your brain live forever inside a machine?

Shoot first, ask questions later