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How the jumbled-up skeletons of ancient kings and queens forced scientists and clerics to work together

culture

We meet the novelists behind a new wave of stories exploring the sexual fantasies of midlife women

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education & children

Two leading voices battle it out

faith & religion

Talking to Iranian atheists and religious minorities explodes the lie of a homogenous Islamic Republic

human rights & ethics

Even in prison, Belarusian dissident women haven’t given up. The future of the country may still be in their hands

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

The more you bring to this psychoanalytical book on desire in life, the more you'll get out of it

politics & conflict

Dorothy Tse's latest novella contains careful clues to real events in Hong Kong’s recent past

rationalism, atheism & humanism

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

science & technology

It took centuries for medicine to systematically privilege evidence over intuition – and other sectors still lag behind