Mimicking the brain

Why was the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2024 so controversial? | Continue reading


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Can we resist the populist right?

With Trump as president-elect, and the populist right on the rise in Europe, will Britain manage to stand its ground? | Continue reading


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No more intimidation

Women using abortion clinics in England and Wales are finally being protected... up to a point | Continue reading


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Mascara, mindfulness and Milo’s party

Lessons from the lost art of eavesdropping | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 14 days ago

Book review: Fluke by Brian Klaas

The musings of a "disillusioned social scientist" | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 16 days ago

In defence of kidulting

Nostalgia serves a psychological purpose | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 21 days ago

Book review: Wonderstruck

Philosopher Helen de Cruz offers a guide to cultivating more wonder and awe in our everyday lives | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 23 days ago

Inside England's ultra-disciplined schools

Schools like Michaela Community boast of high grades and obedient students – but at what cost? | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 28 days ago

Book review: Heresy by Catherine Nixey

The emergence of Christianity was incredibly contingent, as this book clearly shows | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 1 month ago

A map to end malaria?

New vaccines offer hope in the fight against one of the world’s deadliest diseases | Continue reading


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Book review: James by Percival Everett

A reimagining of "Huckleberry Finn" that switches the perspective to that of Jim | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 1 month ago

Laugh or you'll cry

How Richard Herring's health scare confirmed his belief that life is precious – and ridiculous | Continue reading


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A telescope the size of the Earth

How scientists obtained the first image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the centre of our Milky Way | Continue reading


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Guatemala fights for its democracy

Guatemala’s future is on the line, as its new president Bernardo Arévalo battles a corrupt political establishment | Continue reading


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Book review: Battleground Ukraine

Book review: Battleground Ukraine by Adrian Karatnycky | Continue reading


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Crisis of compassion

How do we heal the NHS? Journalist and former midwife Pavan Amara asks health experts and staff | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 1 month ago

Do Swifties really care about the music?

Stans of Taylor Swift have more in common with football supporters than with your average pop fan | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 1 month ago

How to create astrophysical plasma

We'll never be able to visit the plasma at the edge of a black hole – but scientists managed to recreate it in a lab | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 2 months ago

The quest for universal blood

Scientists are searching for a way to create universal blood types | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 2 months ago

Elephants give each other nicknames, study finds

The name-calling behaviour has only otherwise been observed in humans | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 2 months ago

The Indians fighting back against religious hate

The Indian election delivered a blow to Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalists – but will it stem the tide of religious violence? | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 2 months ago

Next year, let's remember the Pacific War

As the 80th anniversary of 1945 approaches, the Pacific front of the Second World War must be commemorated too | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 2 months ago

Clare Chambers: "Digital filters alienate us from our actual bodies"

We're deciding to use more digital and cosmetic "tweaks" than ever. If it's our choice, what's the problem? | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 2 months ago

Free Mubarak Bala

The imprisoned Nigerian humanist has had his sentence reduced – but the scourge of blasphemy laws remains | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 2 months ago

Snake in the grass

British politics has never been so rife with defectors. Why does the feeling of being betrayed provoke such a powerful response? | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 2 months ago

An astronomer's take on "Fly Me to the Moon"

Review: The movie offers a twist on the story of Apollo 11 – but stays true to the science | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 2 months ago

More people are avoiding the news. That's a problem for democracy

Uninformed citizens do not bode well for the health of our societies | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 2 months ago

Britain's new era: our Autumn 2024 edition asks, what now?

Our latest issue explores the deep trends underlying British institutions and culture, including the rise of ultra-disciplined schools, how to fix the "toxic" culture in the NHS, and whether the right to seek asylum can be restored | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 3 months ago

Natasha Walter: 'People will always cross borders without permission'

The writer and feminist talks about refugee rights, climate activism, and her hopes for the new government | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 3 months ago

A turning point for the right to die?

A new assisted dying bill has a stronger chance than ever of passing | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 3 months ago

Ken Loach: ‘‘We need a left movement united on a few basic principles’’

The legendary film director on reclaiming the politics of solidarity | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 3 months ago

A new approach to Palestine

The new UK government has signalled a willingness to part ways with the US | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 3 months ago

In a word: Landslide

Michael Rosen explores the history and meaning of the word "landslide" | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 3 months ago

Book review: Think by Svend Brinkmann

What should we do if thought quality, like air quality, is in crisis? | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 3 months ago

How AI prevents progress

Shannon Vallor, an expert in ethics and artificial intelligence, says relying too much on AI will hold back societal progress | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 3 months ago

Book review: Smoke and Ashes by Amitav Ghosh

Ghosh explores the history of opium imperialism – and its ongoing effects today | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 3 months ago

The introverts are winning

Technology is enabling us to retreat from the outside world. But we should resist the urge – for ourselves and for each other | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 3 months ago

Why are so many books so boring now?

Publishers are selling more books than ever – but they’re all the same. Here's why | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 3 months ago

Book review: The Wizard of the Kremlin

A novel that dares to get under the skin of Vladimir Putin | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 3 months ago

Viruses could kill you – but they could also save your life

We are only just beginning to understand the enormous significance of the human virome | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 4 months ago

A wild time on the wagon

Sober doesn't have to mean boring | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 4 months ago

Is Monogamy Morally Wrong?

Is it controlling to place emotional and sexual restrictions on your partner? | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 2 years ago

Henrietta Lacks and the fight for genetic justice

Is it unethical to harvest cells from patients without their consent? | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 2 years ago

The Logical Mystic

Ludwig Wittgenstein began his landmark 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus' in the First World War trenches aged just 21 | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 2 years ago

Talking to Ourselves

Inner voices shape human life. But can our interior experiences ever be the subject of scientific study? | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 3 years ago

Rock Tides

The pull of the Moon does not create tides only in the Earth's oceans, but in its rocks as well. | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 4 years ago

Willing Servants

The social industry was invented to capture social life and turn it to profit – and we are all slaving away as its unpaid “digital serfs”. | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 5 years ago

The enduring appeal of Armageddon (2018)

Why is our popular culture so obsessed with the end of the world? | Continue reading


@newhumanist.org.uk | 5 years ago