Book review: Religion in Human Evolution
Where did religion come from? Keith Kahn-Harris reviews a monumental study
Science & Technology
Nine highlights from Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
The best bits and the inside scoops from three years of our seasonal rationalist jamboree
The revolution is coming
Can orgasms change the world? Sally Feldman revisits the politics of the climax
Hoag’s Object
A spiral galaxy has Marcus Chown's head spinning
Dawkins’ new book impresses the kids
With his new book The Magic of Reality, Richard Dawkins wants to introduce children to the wonders of science. He gets a resounding thumbs up from Manjit Kumar's resident young…
Brain rot
What is neuroscientist Susan Greenfield on about? asks Sally Feldman
Book review: Barefoot into Cyberspace by Becky Hogge
Bill Thompson embraces the digital revolution
Book review: Humanity 2.0 by Steve Fuller
Angela Saini is frustrated by Steve Fuller
Quiz: a tea-time teaser
Rational thought is required in the humanist tearooms, in Quizmaster Chris Maslanka's latest New Humanist quiz
Crack up
Marcus Chown wonders if there is life beneath Europa's icy surface