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Anaximander review: Did Anaximander create science, asks Carlo Rovelli

Ancient philosopher Anaximander's discoveries about rain, wind and the cosmos may make him the true force behind modern science, argues physicist Carlo Rovelli in his newly republished first book

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How can we understand quantum reality if it is impossible to measure?

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How can we understand quantum reality if it is impossible to measure?

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Do we have free will or are all our decisions predetermined?

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Do we have free will or are all our decisions predetermined?

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Philip Pullman

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Philip Pullman: 'A story will help us make sense of anything'

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Ted Danson and Kirsten Bell as Michael and Eleanor from The Good Place

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The Good Place review: It is over, but I’m never going to say goodbye

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The paradoxes of Zen Buddhism could help us grasp fundamental physics

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The paradoxes of Zen Buddhism could help us grasp fundamental physics

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Scientific truth

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Scientific truth

Karl Popper

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Karl Popper

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How humans evolved to be both shockingly violent and super-cooperative

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How to think about... Scientific truth

All swans are white. Or are they? It’s difficult to establish absolute truths about the world, and science is the worst method – apart from all the others

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How to think about... Logic

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Trolley problem tested in real life for first time with mice

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Enlightenment now: The rise and fall of progress

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Science isn't everything – and it's not even after the truth

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