At several points in human history, there have been great transitions that accelerated our progress and shaped everything that would follow. Ten thousand years ago, the first Agricultural Revolution ...

Chronic illness necessitates an exploration of existential issues, including freedom, meaning, connection, and mortality.

Climate change, gun violence, the very nature of democracy and an angsty little movie star called Forky helped propel "existential" to Dictionary.com's word of the year. The choice reflects months of ...

Artificial intelligence could pose existential risks and governments need to know how to make sure the technology is not "misused by evil people," former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warned. "And ...

ISIS is the apparent perpetrator of the bloody terrorist attacks in Paris on Nov. 13, 2015. But does the group -- also known as ISIL or the Islamic State -- pose an "existential threat" to the United ...

An existential crisis involves deep questions about your purpose in life that cause distress. Several things can help you navigate the crisis, like journaling or talking with a therapist. But for ...

Adam Frank is an astrophysicist at University of Rochester and host of the 13.7: Cosmos and Culture blog on NPR.org. I don't read self-help books. On any given day my self seems to need so much help ...

Western automakers, from the Big Three to EV pure plays, are delivering the same stark warning: Chinese automakers pose a threat to their survival if domestic production isn't protected.

Fancy words go in and out of fashion, positing an existential temptation to overuse. The late 1990s gave us “literally.” People literally used “literally” to emphasize almost any point — even one that ...

Most philosophical texts are dense and … well, textual. There are very few philosophical images, beyond the truth tables in your logic textbook, and those aren’t exactly a feat of design. Few works of ...

Dictionary.com announced its 2019 Word of the Year today, and it is a big mood. The website has chosen the word "existential", as in "existential crisis" or "existential dread" — two things the vast ...