As the number of atomic bomb survivors dwindles 80 years on from the twin attacks, their descendants have begun to assume the responsibility of showing the horrors of nuclear warfare. We need to ...

The vast domain of space is easy to ignore. It’s up there, invisible, while our headlines focus on billionaire rocket launches. But every single one of us has a vested interest. We need to act to ...

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Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict Mark Hilborne leads the space security group at King’s College ...

Women protest in Washington, DC. Credit: Gayatri Malhotra via Unsplash Donald Trump is suing his niece, Mary, for $100 million for helping the New York Times with its investigation into his finances. ...

The Autumn 2025 issue of New Humanist is on sale now! This issue is all about how the battle over space – playing out unseen above us – concerns us all. In the latest edition of our "Voices" section, ...

I was sitting one day in the sunshine, waiting for a festival gig to begin, with a bunch of my fellow comedians. The conversation, as it often does with us, had taken a turn for the personal. Small ...

Mycorrhizal fungi growing with a plant root. Credit: Dr Yoshihiro Kobae As Giuliana Furci picks her way through the dense, dripping greenery of Chile’s Patagonian forest, her keen eyes are seeking out ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Dawn today is a line of apricot beyond the trees. It starts as a smudge behind Credenhill, the silhouettes of pines sketching themselves in. The valley seems sunk in half-light, without birdsong. But ...

Stephen Fry is an actor, comedian, writer and presenter. He is also a patron of Humanists UK and a vocal advocate for mental health. Why is uncertainty an important intellectual value to you? I’m very ...