What makes maths beautiful?
For an experienced mathematician, the greatest equations are beautiful as well as useful. Can the rest of us see what they see?
Ideas
How a history of conquest shapes the present
A century ago, European empires dominated much of the planet. Gurminder K Bhambra and Charlotte L Riley ask what we can learn from the past.
Could empathy do us more harm than good?
Today, it is taken as given that empathy is a driving force for good. But is reason a more useful and compassionate approach?
‘‘Saying something is a miracle is a failure of imagination’’
Q&A with philosopher and scientist Daniel Dennett.
New Humanist reading list: terrorism, extremism and democracy
1. What is Salafi jihadism? A Q&A with Shiraz Maher, who has written a book exploring the intellectual underpinnings of this warrior doctrine. 2. A politics of humanism can help…
Can humans survive on earth?
Professor Stephen Hawking claims we must colonise another planet in the next 100 years.
What is the point of education?
Q&A with Lawrence Busch, author of a new book on the neoliberal takeover of higher education.
How we invented nature, in search of whiteness, and becoming British
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
What do algorithms know about you?
Q&A with Ed Finn, author of "What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing".
Becoming British
As a teenager, I fought hard to feel like I belonged. Now, that right is being undermined – for me and millions of others.