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How Can a Scientist Make Sense of the Religious Impulse?

Steven Gimbel Apr 6, 2018 Physicist Alan Lightman ponders this and other questions in his new book, "Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Stephen Hawking, the Most Famous Physicist of His Time, Dies

ROBERT BARR / The Associated Press Mar 13, 2018 The acclaimed thinker and writer made his mark on the history of science despite being paralyzed for decades. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

From Bill Maher to Sigmund Freud: A Very Unfunny Look at the Enduring Politics of Hate

Bill Blum / Truthdig May 8, 2017 Freud’s insights—from his writings and exchanges with Albert Einstein more than eight decades ago—offer a crucial perspective into America’s current political crisis. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Ours Is a Hope of Action

Staff / Truthdig Nov 15, 2016 In the movement for equality, justice and peace, we smile at trouble and gather strength from distress. We grow brave by reflection and do not shrink. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Introducing ‘Primordial Gravitational Waves’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 18, 2014 Scientists are announcing a "whole new era" of physics with the possible detection of "fingerprints of the big bang in gravitational waves on the whole universe." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why Do So Few Speak Up for Gaza?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 7, 2009 Why is it that there is such widespread acceptance, beginning with the apologetic arguments of President Bush, that whatever Israel does is always justified as necessary to the survival of the Jewish state? It is not. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )