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Science may be a tried and tested way of knowing what we know, but it’s under threat. In Australia, leading science agency CSIRO is expected to cut up to 350 research roles. A CSIRO staffer said it was among the worst cuts the agency has ever seen.

The Internet has certainly given birth to strange phenomena over the years. From trolling and the cinnamon challenge to planking and the Harlem Shake, it seems that something new is always waiting around the next (digital) corner. The increasing popularity of meme coins is yet another example that has taken…

The death of the good pope Francis focuses attention on the historic procedure by which the Roman church elects its leader. The College of Cardinals reminds me of the US Electoral College and a point I have made before. It could become the ideal way to choose the leader of…

The Harvard psychologist discusses recent gains for free speech at Harvard, growing political and ideological threats to academic freedom, and the importance of shared knowledge in sustaining truth and progress.

Perfect for your next coffee break.

Letters: The scientist reflects on a speculative idea about human perception in a 2004 book he co-wrote and, two decades on, an experiment that has produced a colour no one has seen before

Endless Forms Most Beautiful started with a handwritten letter and resulted in an extraordinary, inspiring concept album – plus the professor’s first-ever prog performance at Wembley Arena

Facebook page “Evil Thoughts” posts dank memes you’ll probably find yourself relating to while having a good chuckle. The post 40 Sidesplitting Memes All Of Us Can Probably Relate To From The “Evil Thoughts” FB Page first appeared on Bored Panda.

The term meme was coined by the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene. In this book Dawkins defined a meme as: “A noun that conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission… Examples of memes are tunes, ideas, catch-phrases, clothes fashions, ways of…