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By Robert Phiddian, Flinders University

Cartoonists and satirists in “the West” are confronted with the risks of their expressive freedom today as a consequence of the assassinations at Charlie Hebdo in Paris.


Is artificial super-intelligence lurking nearby, under wraps? eugenia_loli, CC BYBy Tony Prescott, University of Sheffield


The way we relate to other people shapes our moral life – and that's something that requires imagination. David Galindo/Flickr

By Matthew Beard, University of Notre Dame Australia

Creativity and imagination - it’s impossible to discuss one without reference to the other - are often discussed with regard to the great artists, thinkers, and visionaries of our world. Those are the people who are able to visualize things in a way that others simply aren’t able to.

Ribosomes: squiggly and yummy. crobin, CC BY

By Robert Root-Bernstein, Michigan State University and Meredith Root-Bernstein, Aarhus University