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Pope Francis’s death reveals a hidden truth about public grief

You don’t need to have met someone to grieve for them. But when a pope dies, how do we tell the difference between grief and the longing for meaning?

Tony Milligan

A fear of space can combine with suspicions about governments, leading us to embrace conspiracy theories.

A good deal of my own sense of value does not come from thinking nice thoughts about myself. It stems instead from being loved by my wife.

The idea that aliens may have visited the Earth is becoming increasingly popular. Around a fifth of UK citizens believe Earth has been visited by...