Welcome to the 21st edition of the Sidney Awards. Every year, I give out extremely nonlucrative prizes, in honor of philosopher Sidney Hook, celebrating some of the best nonfiction essays of the year, ...

Have you ever wondered how a guitar is transformed from a piece of timber into the celebrated instrument behind some of the world's most recognisable riffs? For the new season of How Things Work, Dr ...

Our earliest experiences—roughly the first five to seven years of our life—have a profound effect on us because they are our first experiences. It’s like we’re born with a blank slate, and these ...