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Would you preserve your brain after death? Cryonics has advanced in recent years, but there is no guarantee of a “second life”

culture

Let’s return to art and science that harnesses human creativity, inspired by the wonders of nature

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education & children

As a teacher, I encourage children to question the prejudices that some of them are taught at home

faith & religion

The vice president displays neither self-awareness nor an understanding of irony in this strange book

human rights & ethics

Angus Reid's new documentary "A week in the Sun" shines light on Cuba's sweeping new rights for women and queer people

ideas

Professor Justin Smith-Ruiu on how magic mushrooms gave him a deeper understanding of ideas he’d studied for decades

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mind, body & life

After 25 years of teaching happiness, I've found there's one key ingredient: awe

politics & conflict

A Ukrainian writer reflects on childhood in wartime

rationalism, atheism & humanism

How a humanist network of free-thinking intellectuals transformed Britain in the 20th century

science & technology

Vitamin C and exercise? An immunologist separates the facts from the myths – and what we simply don't know – about immune health