No equal ratio: the maths gender problem
Men dominate the field of mathematics. Why is this, and what can be done?
Science & Technology
The other opioid crisis
While all the attention is on western drug misuse, 80 per cent of the world’s population goes without sufficient pain relief treatment.
The terrifying power of solar flares
Understanding the Sun is not just an academic activity. Our survival may depend on predicting the “space weather” it creates.
“You can explain art and love using science, but it won’t tell you what they are like”
Q&A with geneticist and author Adam Rutherford.
Origins of our species: the winter 2018 New Humanist
Out now - featuring Julian Baggini, Angela Saini, Adam Rutherford and more.
Counting bees, the great CO2 shortage, and the riddle of dark matter
Chemistry, Biology, Physics: Three scientists talk through big recent developments in their fields.
What humans can learn from termites
Q&A with Lisa Margonelli, author of "Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology".
What does it mean to talk about “invasive species”?
Non-native plants and animals can damage the environment, but tackling them is an ethical as well as technical challenge .
Stellar prophesies: the power of prediction
Urbain Le Verrier’s discovery of Neptune revealed the true magic of science: an ability to predict things never before suspected
Time to log off
Calls to delete Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal raise a bigger question: can we live without the internet?