"Existentialism" is a label first applied in the West, but it can and should rightly be recognized as emerging in various ...

Across universities and research centers, experts are studying how nuclear weapons, engineered pathogens, and artificial intelligence could reshape humanity’s future.

At several points in human history, there have been great transitions that accelerated our progress and shaped everything that would follow. Ten thousand years ago, the first Agricultural Revolution ...

"Existential" is Dictionary.com's 2019 Word Of the Year, the organization announced Monday. The word won out over other crisis-themed words and phrases including "polar vortex," "stochastic terrorism" ...

Rethinking assumptions, beliefs, or values about the world and one’s identity Existential crises can be triggered by various factors, and the causes are often complex and subjective. Karin Akre for ...

Dictionary.com announced its 2019 Word of the Year today, and it is a big mood. The website has chosen the word "existential", as in "existential crisis" or "existential dread" — two things the vast ...

Climate change, gun violence, the very nature of democracy and an angsty little movie star called Forky helped propel "existential" to Dictionary.com's word of the year. By The Associated Press Toy ...

WHO AM I? What’s my purpose? What mark can I make on the world? Just about everyone has asked themselves these questions at some point in their lives, usually when they’re going through new life ...