It’s been a month or two since we got back. Out dog walking, I bumped into one of my neighbours who had been on the trip.

Bangladesh’s student revolution unleashed chaos and sectarian violence. Can the coming elections renew its democracy?

As white Christian nationalists seek to reshape the United States, we hear from the frontlines of the resistance ...

Palestinian literature is going through a very exciting juncture. There are so many new voices coming out. It’s like a dam is ...

This piece accompanies Marcus Chown's feature on the discovery of cosmic background radiation, from the Spring 2015 edition of New Humanist. Perhaps the most famous accidental discovery of all is ...

This article is a preview from the Autumn 2016 edition of New Humanist. You can find out more and subscribe here. In a 2008 article in Wired magazine entitled “The End of Theory”, Chris Anderson ...

For many generations in societies shaped by Christianity, monogamy has been the almost undisputed champion of relationship norms. In Britain and the US, it has been held up as the dominant – really ...

Octopuses are having a moment. So are slime moulds and honeybees. Mushrooms are in vogue. After 250 years of humanity (well, some of humanity…) confidently atop the great pyramid of being, we in the ...

Buddhism is often seen as the acceptable face of religion, lacking a celestial dictator and full of Eastern wisdom. But Dale DeBakcsy, who worked for nine years in a Buddhist school, says it's time to ...