Effective altruism has suffered a blow, but the extreme ideas surrounding it have infiltrated some of our most powerful organisations ...

Turkey has declared itself a defender of Palestine. But now the people are demanding action and the state is crushing dissent ...

There is huge variation in how we age. While some 70-year-olds still run marathons, others are living with multiple ...

There’s been a rare bit of good news when it comes to the energy transition: The International Energy Agency has found that ...

From brain implants to dark philosophies and an obsession with blood transfusion, our new issue takes a look at the beliefs ...

Beirutis may be helping each other, but international aid is still urgently needed in Lebanon. With winter approaching, the ...

Women using abortion clinics in England and Wales are finally being protected... up to a point As of 31 October, buffer zones are now officially in force around abortion clinics in England and Wales – ...

Why was this year's Nobel Prize in Physics so controversial? This year, the Nobel Prize in Physics caused quite a stir. The winners, John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hin ton, were awarded the accolade “for ...

In Britain, we have escaped the rising tide of the populist right – but it's still influential, even when out of power. The far right is on the march. In the US, Donald Trump has been re-elected ...

Susan Tampieri from Argentina is a playwright, poet and novelist. She has produced four volumes of poems an had 27 plays performed. She is a co-founder of the Argentinian humanist association ...