As the singer releases her sixth solo album Mayhem, let’s celebrate her as a champion of queerness, reinvention and ...

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

Our world is experiencing seismic change with the rise of power-mad leaders, spiralling conflicts and climate chaos. At such times, the big questions of life are brought into sharp relief. And so amid ...

Elon Musk claims to be inspired by The Hitchhiker’s Guide. But did he understand the book? Our future may depend on it In Silicon Valley, where tech bros tend to revere Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings ...

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

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 ...

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 ...