Book review: Survival of the Richest
Tech billionaires harbour an escapist fantasy that they might leave behind the messy debris of real life and start afresh - if not in the real world, then in a…
Science & Technology
New hope for less controversial Alzheimer’s drug
A new drug aiming to treat the causes of Alzheimer’s Disease is inspiring more confidence than the last.
How to move an object from a distance
Telekinetic powers only exist in science fiction – and yet, we have recently mastered the art of manipulating objects without touching them.
One step closer to easy green energy
Cheap hydrogen production is now within our sights, bringing us one step closer to a viable green economy.
Jocelyn Bell, woman of steel
Three Nobel Prizes have now been awarded for pulsars, but none has gone to the woman who discovered them.
Meet the Milky Way
If our galaxy could speak, what would it say? A fresh take on science writing teaches us about the celestial body we call home.
Rethinking the origins of life
Groundbreaking new research looks set to overturn our understanding of the origins of life on Earth
Evolution revolution: New Humanist winter 2022 out now
Out now – featuring Jay Owens on non-human intelligence, Peter Forbes on a new theory of the origins of life, and Alison Bashford on the secret history of the Huxley…
Purple gold
Why did the gold on the ceiling of the Alhambra turn a weird shade of purple?
Close cousins
We now know more about how the brains of our ancestors developed differently from those of the Neanderthals.