France struggled to relinquish Algeria as a nuclear test site, archives reveal
The unprecedented declassification of French nuclear archives sheds light upon the nuclear tests in Algeria circa 1960.
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40 years after his death Michel Foucault’s philosophy still speaks to a world saturated with social media
Knowledge, for Foucault, is not just what we know. It is who we are. It defines our options, not just intellectually, but in all respects.
George Orwell called for a new way of thinking about science
Orwell argued that you don’t have to be a scientist to think more scientifically.
The Australian idea of a university
This is a transcript of the 2013 Newman Lecture delivered on Wednesday at Monash University’s Mannix College. Let me quote a much-respected contemporary Australian scholar and philosopher, Raimond Gaita…
Prosecution of Kosovan leader Hashim Thaçi illustrates the challenges of bringing war criminals to justice
It took 27 years after the end of hostilities in Kosovo to bring the leader of the KLA to book for his war crimes.
A brief history of black holes
The crucial phase of our discovery of black holes took place in a suitably dark period of human history – World War II.
Could science diplomacy be the key to stabilizing international relations?
A flavor of diplomacy that focuses on science cuts through political differences and finds new ways for nations to work together.
Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves economic growth, national security and your life
The Trump administration has terminated hundreds of federal grants that support engineering, biology, geology, computer science, STEM education and much more.
Star Wars inspired me to become an astrophysicist – and I wasn’t disappointed
Four decades later, I find myself surveying 13 billion years of cosmic history and mapping events that really did happen a long time ago in galaxies far, far away.
500 years ago, German peasants revolted – but their faith that the Protestant Reformation stood for freedom was dashed by Martin Luther and the nobility
The German peasants were among the first to try to unlock the revolutionary potential of Reformation teachings to fight social and economic injustice.