Losing our humanities
Rishi Sunak's comments on "low value" degrees come off the back of a round of cuts to arts and the humanities. What do we lose when these subjects become the preserve of the rich?
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Good news on polar bears, but let's stay cautious
Polar bears may be more resilient to climate change than we thought, but let's not misinterpret the research.
India's new Emergency
The jailing of fact-checker Mohammed Zubair was the latest in an ongoing assault on free speech in India.
What's behind altered sense of smell after Covid?
Some aromas smell disgusting to people with parosmia. New research helps to understand this now common condition.
Will Russian war criminals be brought to justice?
Russian combatants are already being sentenced in Ukraine, but justice for the alleged war crimes being recorded requires an immense international effort.
The duty of those who are free
Writing from behind bars as a political prisoner in Egypt, Alaa Abd El-Fattah asks us to take action.
"I’ve come to see delusions as imaginative creations"
We talk to Victoria Shepherd about how ten stories of delusion from medieval to modern times shed light on a misunderstood phenomenon.
Illumination in Hay-on-Wye
A trip to HowTheLightGetsIn festival brings philosophy alive.
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The dark side of progress: New Humanist summer 2022 is out now
Out now – featuring Alice Bell on climate action gone wrong, Brett Scott on the war on cash, Semmi W. on biotech and stolen cells and Carl Rhodes on woke capitalism.
Deep fakes: the new front in the disinformation wars
New programs are being developed to identify and combat the rise of synthetic video, but this growing threat cannot be confronted with technology alone.
Will the killing of a schoolteacher have any effect on Pakistan's blasphemy laws?
The murder of a teacher accused of blasphemy at an all-girls religious school is the latest in a long line of vigilante attacks.
Turning our backs on the vulnerable
With the passing of the new immigration act and the failures of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, it's becoming increasingly obvious that Britain is avoiding its moral obligations.
Playground for the soul
HowTheLightGetsIn festival, in Hay-on-Wye this June, aims to change the way people think about philosophy.
Justice delayed
Efforts at transitional justice in the former Yugoslavia have stalled, but advocates are still working to make reconciliation a reality.
"In the British state's response to Covid-19, the unthinkable became thinkable"
The pandemic shone an extraordinary light on the British economy and the workings of the state, says William Davies. So what did we learn?