Several killings have been linked to a movement that calls itself “rationalist”. But what do they really believe?

Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine ...

Donald Trump is suing his niece, Mary, for $100 million for helping the New York Times with its investigation into his ...

On the side of a road that winds its way through the steep mountains, a plume of steam rises from a battered pot. Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, 42, strains boiling chai into small glass tumblers, sheltered by a ...

This article is a preview from the Summer 2015 edition of New Humanist. You can find out more and subscribe here. Religious disbelief is viewed with alarm in most Arab countries. Two government ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Truth’s a menace, science is a public danger,” says Mustapha Mond, the “Controller” in Aldous Huxley’s iconic dystopian novel Brave New World. “That’s why we so carefully limit the scope of its ...

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 ...