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Six voices on the search for meaning in the modern world
COP28: Time to dig deep
Will tech set us free? The autumn 2019 New Humanist
The strange tradition of compulsory daily worship in schools
When sceptics get it wrong
Asylum for Pakistani humanist rejected over failure to identify Plato and Aristotle
Photographing black holes, discovering new antibiotics and the impact of air pollution
Religion and power: the summer 2019 New Humanist
What does the term "Judeo-Christian" actually mean?
India's rising tensions
The enormous threat to biodiversity
Britain: a secular nation
Celebrating the Periodic Table, superconductivity, and magpies' hidden skills
Nations - what are they good for? The spring 2019 New Humanist
The limits of facial recognition technology
Aasia Bibi freed, but the injustice of Pakistan's blasphemy law continues
The reality of climate change
Protein engineering, a Nobel celebration, and the resurgence of measles
Best of 2018: interviews and columns
Best of 2018: culture
Best of 2018: long reads
The problem with academic publishing
Justice deferred in Northern Ireland
Origins of our species: the winter 2018 New Humanist
We've digitised our archive - and it goes back to 1884!
Counting bees, the great CO2 shortage, and the riddle of dark matter
Migrations: the autumn 2018 New Humanist
The battle for legal humanist marriages in Northern Ireland continues
The destruction of religious pluralism in India
Adjusting to a warming world
Turning light into matter, the science of the gut, and the effects of lithium
Do human rights have a future? The summer 2018 New Humanist
Free speech and Malaysia's ban on fake news
The activists working to roll back progress on sexual and reproductive rights
The sugar you've never heard of, hope for degenerative eye disorders, and some light relief
Climate and nature: the spring 2018 New Humanist
Pakistani humanist refused asylum - for failing to identify Plato and Aristotle
What is the best way to tackle terrorism?
Nano-scale nature, gravitational waves, and the mystery of consciousness
The science of belief: a conversation
Best of 2017: interviews and columns
Best of 2017: culture
Best of 2017: long reads
Capitalism: the winter 2017 New Humanist
An attack on free speech in Malta
Fighting for abortion rights in Northern Ireland
Nuclear fusion, saving the bees, and the science of sweat
British values: the autumn 2017 New Humanist
Seeking a cure for HIV
The Great Firewall
Fighting the flu, a breakthrough on HIV treatment, and the uses of carbon
New Humanist reading list: terrorism, extremism and democracy
Remains of the DNA
Pharmacists must put patients' needs first
Empire: the summer 2017 New Humanist
Can humans survive on earth?
How we invented nature, in search of whiteness, and becoming British
The Mpemba effect, ant navigation, and the mystery of pure gold
Berlusconi and post-truth politics, the Rojava experiment, and the future of humanity
Derrida vs. the rationalists, truth in the age of bullshit, and the politics of humanism
Age of extremes: the spring 2017 New Humanist
Malta's humanists and the battle against the Catholic establishment
Twenty years of Brass Eye
Leaving the priesthood, trouble at sea, and the nuclear war that never was
Three parent babies, the gamification of protein, and mapping matter
Mark Fisher (1968-2017)
Our favourite New Humanist long reads of 2016
New Humanist's books of 2016
Why is the persecution of non-believers worsening?
The Vatican bans the scattering of ashes
The Winter 2016 New Humanist is out now!
Faith-based selection in schools could be set to increase
Clearing Patient Zero
Dystopias, gravitational waves, and the US Supreme Court
Bendy solar cells, turning CO2 to stone, and antibiotic resistance
What's the point of satire? New Humanist presents Martin Rowson and Laurie Taylor
Effective altruism, "ancient wisdom", and the cult of celebrity diets
The Autumn 2016 New Humanist is out now!
Russia's Stalinist revival, inside the detention industry, and St Augustine
Autumn 2016 Issue Launch Party, 30 August
The benefits of LSD, atomic hard drives, and dangerous superfoods
Eternal life, poetry and the rational mind, and the question of sovereignty
From fundamentalism to atheism, learning forgiveness, and the comedy of awkwardness
Can a Christian church employ an atheist minister?
Poetry in a Changing World: Fiona Sampson at Clementi House, 15 June
The Summer 2016 New Humanist is out now!
Extremists in Bangladesh are widening their net
Summer 2016 Issue Launch Party, 2 June
Human nature, the road to liberation, and Einstein's riddles
Pakistan, Memory and Place: Samira Shackle at the Barbican on 19 May
Monitoring methane, a life without pain, and the world's most intense lasers
The Prevent scheme, fundamentalism in Nigeria, and mourning David Bowie
Gandhi in South Africa, the appeal of makeup, and sharia law
The unlikely rise of Flat Earthism
The Spring 2016 New Humanist is out now!
Does Nicky Morgan have it in for humanism?
Battling frog extinction, the protein puzzle, and the Nobel Prize for Physics
The trouble with "one per cent feminism"
Robots, Big Brother, and the death of the sun
Memories of the future: Owen Hatherley and Douglas Murphy in conversation
New Humanist's best long-reads of 2015
Persecution of non-believers is on the rise worldwide
Empathy, capitalism, and an atheist sermon
The Winter 2015 New Humanist is out now!
A breakthrough for HIV, New Horizons, and chemistry's image problem
Murder in Bangladesh, cyborgs and gender, and an interview with Lisa Jardine
Jenny Diski, the cities of the future, and the rationalist way of death
The death of British satire, the right to offend, and cinematic dystopia
The Autumn 2015 New Humanist is out now!
Arab atheism, identity and work, and the meaning of forgiveness
The challenge of blue light, the power of urine, and our evolutionary history
Free will, Game of Thrones, and a journey to the centre of the Earth
Bangladeshi atheist bloggers are under attack: show your solidarity
Our writers at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival
Amartya Sen on the battleground of history, religious free schools, and Russia's faith healers
The Summer 2015 New Humanist is out now!
Immigration, free speech, feminism: the New Humanist democracy reading list
Fictional character in the social media age, war photography, and serendipitous science
Designer babies, leap seconds, and the protein database
Five long reads for the Easter weekend
Religion and violence, Jimmy Mubenga, and TV melancholia
Travels in China, the Enlightenment and the West, and Charlie Hebdo
The Spring 2015 New Humanist is out now!
Philip Pullman on the imagination, Charlie Brooker on mental health, and a world without work
"Tout est pardonné" - Charlie Hebdo publishes first edition since last week's attack
Imagine... a world without work
Miniature labs, quantum computing, and the dangers of sweeteners
The year in review: New Humanist's 10 most-read stories of 2014
Colombia's displaced communities, industrial action heroes, and the dark side of Buddhism
The Winter 2014 New Humanist is out now!
Secular funerals, Tim Minchin's mission, and South Africa's occult economy: our top 5 long-reads
What we really know about the universe, the Trojan Horse scandal, and the politics of everyday life: our top 5 long-reads
Understanding water, dying stars, and genetically modified mosquitoes
Autumn 2014 New Humanist is out now!
Nigerian atheist detained in psychiatric ward
Sudanese Christian woman, on death row for apostasy, is released
9 things we learned this week
Only 24 per cent of people think Christianity is an important part of Britishness
Win tickets to see Stewart Lee, courtesy of Arts Emergency
Is there room in Britishness for cultural difference?
Win tickets to see Josie Long at this year's Stoke Newington Literary Festival
Summer 2014 New Humanist out now! War and peace, Josie Long, Peter Tatchell, Lars von Trier, and much more
Win tickets to this year’s How the Light Gets In festival
Nick Clegg calls for disestablishment of the Church of England
Oddly regressive lawmaking in Queensland, Australia
Cameron credits Jesus with founding the Big Society
Exam board will no longer permit redaction of questions at religious schools
Growing up in the Sagan household
Has Pope Francis done anything to tackle clerical child abuse?
Could assisted suicide be legalised?
Exam board condones religious schools' redaction of evolution questions
"Blasphemous" image edited out of Katy Perry video on YouTube following complaints
The rise of Hindu nationalism in India
The Spring 2014 New Humanist is out now!
Penguin India withdraws "disrespectful" book about Hinduism
London South Bank University Students' Union bans poster with Flying Spaghetti Monster
Are humanist funerals the new normal?
Bible comedy sells out after theatre ban reversed, and other stories - our morning round-up
India Supreme Court refuses to review gay sex ban, and other stories - our morning round-up
“Godless secular humanism” – Scotland’s new state religion?
Tunisia signs new constitution, and other stories - our morning round-up
Stephen Hawking challenges conventional thinking on black holes, and other stories - our morning round-up
Northern Irish theatre cancels play after pressure from Christian politician
UN seeks to bridge Syria divide, and other stories - our morning round-up
Vatican cleric 'laundered millions', and other stories - our morning round-up
Rosetta comet-chaser phones home, and other stories - our morning round-up
The return of garden cities
The Independent profiles Britain's ex-Muslims
UN invites Iran to Syria peace talks, and other stories - our morning round-up
What is it like to be an African-American atheist
House of Lords to debate religious animal slaughter, and other stories - our morning round-up
Vatican facing UN showdown on sex abuse record, and other stories - our morning round-up
Atheist given religious asylum in UK, and other stories - our morning round-up
Praise and criticism as Ariel Sharon's body lies in state, and other stories - our morning round-up
French court upholds controversial burqa ban, and other stories - our morning round-up
Mohammed Morsi trial to resume in Cairo, and other stories - our morning round-up
Russia tightens security in Sochi before Olympics, and other stories - our morning round-up
Triple star system 'can reveal secrets of gravity', and other stories - our morning round-up
LSE apologises to atheist students over free speech row, and other stores - our morning round-up
The year in review: New Humanist’s 10 most-read stories of 2013
NASA orders emergency International Space Station repairs, and other stories - our morning round-up
Indian state moves to debunk black magic, and other stories - our morning round-up
U.N. confirms chemical arms were used repeatedly in Syria, and other stories - our morning round-up
Putin tightens his control over Russia's media, and other stories - our morning round-up
South Africa and world mourn Mandela, and other stories - our morning round-up
Putin could free Pussy Riot protesters, and other stories - our morning round-up
Vatican dodges UN sex abuse questions, and other stories - our morning round-up
Egypt arrests prominent blogger in growing crackdown, and other stories - our morning round-up
Mass anti-government protests in Ukraine, and other stories - our morning round-up
Hope still for 'dead' Comet Ison, and other stories - our morning round-up
Pope Francis calls for power to move away from Vatican, and other stories - our morning round-up
SNP to launch Scottish independence blueprint, and other stories - our morning round-up
Iran welcomes nuclear deal, and other stories - our morning round-up
What does secularism mean to you?
Cosmic explosion is 'brightest yet', and other stories - our morning round-up
Gay marriage passes first test in Scottish Parliament, and other stories - our morning round-up
Neanderthal viruses found in modern humans, and other stories - our morning round-up
Christianity at risk of dying in Britain, says ex-Archbishop, and other stories - our morning round-up
NASA's Maven Mars mission to launch today, and other stories - our morning round-up
Police detain two in London over FGM, and other stories - our morning round-up
2013 'one of warmest ' on record, and other stories - our morning round-up
Concerns over new UN rights body members, and other stories - our morning round-up
Egypt 'worst in Arab women's rights', and other stories - our morning round-up
Church of England hits back at secularists over Remembrance Day ceremony, and other stories - our morning round-up
'King of Gore' joins T rex family tree, and other stories - our morning round-up
Yasser Arafat 'may have been poisoned', and other stories - our morning round-up
India's Mars rocket blasts off, and other stories - our morning round-up
NASA spacecraft finds 104 potentially habitable worlds, and other stories - our morning round-up
Separation of church and state to be tested in US Supreme Court, and other stories - our morning round-up
A rare solar eclipse to take place on Sunday, and other stories - our morning round-up
US spied on cardinals before pope’s election, claims magazine, and other stories - our morning round-up
Israel frees 26 Palestinian inmates, and other stories - our morning round-up
'Lost world' discovered in remote Australia, and other stories - our morning round-up
Blasts kill five at Hindu nationalist election rally in India, and other stories - our morning round-up
Ancient mummies found in Lima suburb, and other stories - our morning round-up
Russia drops piracy charges over Greenpeace protest, and other stories - our morning round-up
Saudi clerics protest against women's right to drive, and other stories - our morning round-up
London hosts key Syria talks, and other stories - our morning round-up
Prison officers warn of forced Islamic conversion of inmates, and other stories - our morning round-up
Homo erectus skull throws theory of human evolution into disarray, and other stories - our morning round-up
US government shutdown ends, and other stories - our morning round-up
Extreme weather 'most important cause of poverty', and other stories - our morning round-up
Iran nuclear negotiations begin in Geneva, and other stories - our morning round-up
Network of "homosexuals and satanists" arrested in Iran, and other stories - our morning round-up
Historic medical discovery could help treat Alzheimer's, and other stories - our morning round-up
Pope Francis calls extraordinary synod, and other stories - our morning round-up
Leaders of the far-right English Defence League announce they are quitting the group (but not islamophobia)
Over half of schools failing in religious education, and other stories - our morning round-up
Dozens killed in Egypt clashes, and other stories – our morning round-up
European Council condemns male circumcision, and other stories - our morning round-up
Bogus bomb detectors still in use in Iraq, and other stories – our morning round-up
Vatican Bank publishes accounts for the first time, and other stories - our morning round-up
Scientists solve volcano mystery, and other stories - our morning round-up
Islamist gunmen kill 40 in Nigeria college attack, and other stories – our morning round up
Water on Mars, and other stories - our morning round-up
Archbishop says Christians suffering mass martyrdom, and other stories – our morning round-up
Former Pope denies child abuse cover-up, and other stories - our morning round-up
The IPCC meets in Sweden to issue a new critical climate change report, and other stories - our morning news round-up
Pope warns the Catholic Church risks "falling like a house of cards", and other stories - our morning round-up
Prof Hawking backs assisted suicide, and other stories - our news round-up for this morning
Malala Yousafzai receives top human rights award
Creationism debate heats up in Scotland
From the Archive: Marshall Berman on why humanists should read the Bible
Q&A: Derek Landy
Papal visit gives unexpected boost to Rio's gay clubs
Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People 2013: Tickets on sale now
Q&A: Isy Suttie
Q&A: Labi Siffre
Q&A: Alice Roberts
Q&A: Iain Banks
Q&A: Shazia Mirza
Q&A: Tom Watson
New Humanist Cartoons Jan/Feb 2012
New Humanist Cartoons March/April 2012
Bad Faith Award 2011: it's Dorries by a landslide
Q&A: Andy Hamilton
Nine highlights from Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
New Humanist Cartoons Nov/Dec 2011
Q&A: Al Murray
Bad Faith Awards 2011: place your vote now
Repeat offender: New Humanist interviews Ricky Gervais
Q&A: Marcus Brigstocke
Q&A: Harry Kroto
Q&A: Marilynne Robinson
An audience with the Pope
Q&A: Tim Minchin
Q&A: Daniel Dennett and Linda LaScola
Outside story
What kind of humanist are you?
Laurie Taylor – a life in cartoons
Obituary: Harold Blackham
New Humanist Advent Podcasts
Gaza Taliban?
Notes from the Blasphemy Depot
Plus Ca Change
Scholarship and humanity: Sir Raymond Firth
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