Boredom is a condition that almost all human beings experience, but one which is most regularly considered useless or infuriating. A distracted gazing at the clock, an occasional yawning in a mundane classroom, or aimless surfing of a phone news stream, these are...

Silence is something we are all familiar with, but it is also very enigmatic. When a person remains quiet, is something communicated or nothing at all? Scholars, linguists, and psychologists have debated this for centuries as to whether silence is communication,...

The dream of immortality has fascinated human fancy for millennia. From ancient fable and legend of gods and mythic heroes to modern speculation regarding biotechnology and computer intelligence, the dream of immortality raises fundamental questions on ethics,...