The culture wars are damaging the sciences by pitting them against the arts. Drawing on the "two cultures" debate, Emma Park makes the case for bridging this false divide
Our latest issue features Emma Park on how the culture wars are damaging the sciences, theoretical physicist Tasneem Zehra Husain on why the imagination is key to decoding the universe, and Alom Shaha on what can be gained by thinking like a scientist
The British military's recruitment of non-religious pastoral support officers, to serve alongside religious chaplains for the first time, has been a long time coming
Catch up on our top reads of the year
Our latest issue features Pavan Amara on the new technologies revolutionising reproduction, Gabriele Di Donfrancesco on Europe's battle over "family values" and Rachael Lennon on a decade of same-sex marriage. Plus, a new column from Shaparak Khorsandi!
Atheism buries the dead too quickly
In one of the most Christian countries on the planet, a growing band of teachers are defying the norm
Book review: 'The Humanist Movement in Modern Britain' (Bloomsbury Academic) by Callum G. Brown, David Nash and Charlie Lynch
What do people really mean when they say they "believe" something? The founder of Skeptic magazine weighs in
Zena Birch, a contributor to "The Little Book of Humanist Funerals", explains what conducting humanist funeral ceremonies has taught her
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