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What does 2016 hold for humanist causes?

The current government has shown little appetite for change on outdated religious diktats - but there is cause for optimism in the activity of civil society.

The Winter 2015 New Humanist is out now!

Should machines replicate people?; What history tells us about refugees; Mary Beard on Ancient Rome; the myth of "pure" religion; what happens when the Sun goes out; and more...
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When was modern science invented?

"All intellectual life is polemic". A Q&A with David Wootton, author of a new book about the scientific revolution.