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Out now – featuring Jay Owens on non-human intelligence, Peter Forbes on a new theory of the origins of life, and Alison Bashford on the secret history of the Huxley dynasty

Why did the gold on the ceiling of the Alhambra turn a weird shade of purple?

For the first time in the history of Northern Ireland, Catholics outnumber Protestants, but perhaps the most significant change is the rise of people of no religion.

Some Christian organisations are deeply upset by the new no-fault divorce laws in England and Wales. Why do they want to keep unhappy couples together?

We now know more about how the brains of our ancestors developed differently from those of the Neanderthals.

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded for pioneering work exploring the strange-but-true phenomenon of quantum entanglement.

The mass protests in Iran are a call for freedom and dignity. Sanctions on the morality police are not enough.

Where are the new big ideas? At HowTheLightGetsIn festival, a scientist, a philosopher and a journalist discuss whether Britain's intellectual culture is stagnating – and if so, what can we do about it.

We talk to happiness expert Paul Dolan about what we have (and haven't) learned from the pandemic, and why people tend to assume that single women are unhappy.

After almost thirty years of conflict, society in the Congo has been transformed. Jason K. Stears interviewed hundreds of participants to understand the war and how peace might still be built.

Religious fundamentalism is on the rise. In Britain, we must fight it by acknowledging the tensions in our own communities.

Out now – featuring Amy Zegart on the future of spycraft, Peter Salmon on propaganda and Amanda Coakley on the Christian right's battle for Europe.