Scientists have debated the definition of life for decades, but they still lack a consensus on the answer. Experts believe that "edge cases" make life difficult to define and blur boundaries across ...

Knowing your "why" isn't just nice—it's essential to living a happy, fulfilling life. Here, experts offer steps to finding your purpose in life. What is the purpose of life? There are as many answers ...

The bromide has it that a liberal is a person who won’t take his own side in an argument. To this we might add a corollary: there is a certain kind of conservative pundit who has never really had a ...

To successfully look for life beyond our own solar system, astrobiologists desperately need a viable definition of life. Even after a century or so of debate, they lack a viable universal definition ...

What are the physics of life? That is more than just a philosophical question—it has practical implications for our search for life elsewhere in the galaxy. We know what Earth life looks like, on a ...

What is the meaning of life? Even the best of us couldn't hope to answer that question in a Universe Today article. But there are those who would try to "constrain" it, at least in terms of physics. A ...

The end of the world is when we die but the end of the world is not the end of us. John 18:37-38: “So Pilate said to him, ‘Then you are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say I am a king. For this I was ...

Presaging Frankl’s emphasis on the congenital need for some sense of meaning and purpose in life, Carl Jung states, “I have observed that a life directed to an aim is in general better, richer, and ...

This quote reminds us that life's deepest meaning comes from discovering our unique talents and using them to serve others.

WASHINGTON — Arthur Brooks, author, popular speaker, podcast host and Harvard professor, who is also a devout Catholic, has built a successful career on what he calls the “science of happiness.” He ...

A Dalai Lama once said that our prime purpose in this life is to help others – and he may have been right. Scientists have found that having a positive impact on other people seems to be a key element ...

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 ...