The John Templeton Foundation’s “Big Questions” series of ads have recently appeared in a number of major publications — such as The Economist, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, and The New York Times — featuring responses by renowned scholars, scientists, and philosophers to some truly thought-provoking questions. In one of the ads, Georgetown University […]

If you haven’t read it yet, check out the Times’ article yesterday on the miraculous camouflage capacities of cuttlefish and octopuses. I’d seen videos of their miraculous feats of invisibility before, but came across this TED Talks video today that offers some pretty astonishing examples. The Predator has nothing on our eight- and ten-legged seafaring […]