The Piprahwa stupa stands in the heartland of Buddhism. Its excavation revealed multiple caskets containing relics, alongside substantial quantities of ash, charred bone and rice ...

The teachings of Gautama must be viewed against the background of pre-existing traditions of Hinduism, the religion to which Gautama himself was born. His philosophy could be seen as a form of ...

A reader who last encountered Dan Brown in his global bestseller The Da Vinci Code would be surprised to read his latest, The Secret of Secrets. At first casual glance, it would seem that just about ...

Physicist Sean Carroll explains how physics, astronomy, philosophy, and classics all help us understand the expanding ...

Nearly one in four people worldwide now identify with no religion, according to a sweeping global study covering 201 countries. The religiously unaffiliated grew by 270 million between 2010 and 2020, ...

The effort of the government to spread opportunities for improvement of living standards is more important than many people ...

The cities of Samarkand and Tashkent have long been central to science, culture and religion in Uzbekistan. Samarkand, ...

Yet, as we document in a new report for the Chapman Center for Demographics and Policy, there are signs that religion is enjoying more than a nascent revival. Data emerging from the 2020s suggest that ...

A former US soldier's account of extraordinary encounters has sparked renewed fascination over intelligence, mortality and humanity's understanding of existence.

New program will bring leading thinkers and creators to campus to deepen engagement with the arts and humanities and spark ...

The idiom “Barking up the wrong tree” means pursuing a mistaken line of thought, accusing the wrong person, or looking for ...

Religion developing inside machines sounds like science fiction, but can AI actually develop beliefs?