Laying claim to Christmas
Let's revel in the rich tradition of mid-winter festivities, celebrated long before they were sanitised by the Christians.
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Evolution revolution: New Humanist winter 2022 out now
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…
Identity crisis in Northern Ireland?
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.
Untying the knot
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?
Close cousins
We now know more about how the brains of our ancestors developed differently from those of the Neanderthals.
Spooky action
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded for pioneering work exploring the strange-but-true phenomenon of quantum entanglement.
Women, life, freedom
The mass protests in Iran are a call for freedom and dignity. Sanctions on the morality police are not enough.
Time for a new renaissance?
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…
“People are back to comparing themselves with others”
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.
Is it too late to end the Congo’s “forever war”?
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…
The Rushdie affair is not a simple matter of free speech
Religious fundamentalism is on the rise. In Britain, we must fight it by acknowledging the tensions in our own communities.
Making sense of war: New Humanist autumn 2022 out now
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.
A new era of discovery at Cern
The discovery of three exotic new particles is the start of a new era, set to reveal more secrets of our Universe.