One viewpoint: Without the idea of cosmic order or divine design, life will lack depth, direction, framework, moral foundation, purpose, etc. It will lose human aspiration and significance, reverence ...

Edward O. Wilson is simultaneously one of my intellectual heroes and someone who frustrates me enormously, and these conflicting feelings were once again stirred as I read his most recent book, The ...

A dozen or so items are strewn across the dresser—mostly medications, health supplements, and functional cosmetics. Though always claimed to be used daily, only one or two actually see regular use.

Biologist and naturalist E.O. Wilson has written a new book that is longlisted for the National Book Award. E.O. Wilson On 'The Meaning Of Human Existence' Biologist and naturalist E.O. Wilson has ...

The question of the meaning of life is perhaps one that we would rather not ask, for fear of the answer or lack thereof. Still today, many people believe that we, humankind, are the creation of a ...

Sausage Party neither looks nor sounds like a deep, existential movie at face value. However, between the adult humor and debauchery, the new R-rated animated comedy manages to explore the important ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

The informal TechCrunch book club is now venturing into the short story “Exhalation,” the second piece in Ted Chiang’s eponymous collection. Today’s story gets at the meaning of existence, climate ...

The following is a summary of the epilogue in my book, The Wise Guy and the Fool. What is the meaning of life? People love this question, and they love to ask it of me when they find out that I am a ...