How farming gave us the iPhone
We live in an age of relentless innovation – and it's all because our ancestors started planting crops, says Marcus Chown
Ideas
Beyoncé is good for feminism
Reactions to the pop megastar tell us much about race and gender. But let's not exaggerate the importance of celebrity voices in what should be a leaderless movement, says Reni…
Karima Bennoune: ‘‘People deserve much more than a choice between multiple forms of repression’’
New Humanist talks to the author of "Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism"
Deadly reason
Did too much rational thinking lead to the Holocaust? The German philosopher Theodor Adorno argued it did
The year in review: New Humanist’s 10 most-read stories of 2013
It’s almost time to wrap up 2013. It’s been a year of big changes and new beginnings for us here at the Rationalist Association: In January, we launched our sleek…
Is Jesus history’s biggest figure?
Christ has topped of a list of history's most significant people. The study may be imperfect, but it's a great basis for an argument, says Paul Sims
South Africa and world mourn Mandela, and other stories – our morning round-up
South Africa and world mourn Mandela South Africans have gathered in Johannesburg and Soweto to mourn their former leader, Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday aged 95. Across the world,…
Humanism for a globalised world
Ten years after his death, Edward Said’s work remains a guide for how to hold universal principles in increasingly diverse societies
What does secularism mean to you?
Our panel, including Will Self, AL Kennedy, Jenni Murray and Jim Al-Khalili, give their views
Question everything: our editor’s note from the Winter 2013 issue of New Humanist
When, in August, I wrote a piece for New Humanist outlining three fairly obvious points about religion – that religious believers aren’t stupid, that they shouldn’t be excluded from public…