Godwin (4th Estate) by Joseph O’Neill. Joseph O’Neill remains best known for Netherland (2008). Hailed as a Great American ...

Most scientific breakthroughs take years of research – but often, serendipity provides the final push, as these historic discoveries show .

The great Buddha statue in Nha Trang, Vietnam by Petr Ruzicka On paper, Buddhism looks pretty good. It has a philosophical subtlety married to a stated devotion to tolerance that makes it stand out ...

This article is a preview from the Spring 2016 edition of New Humanist. You can find out more and subscribe here. After 80 years the Loch Ness monster lingers on, mostly as a gift to cartoonists and ...

Technology is enabling us to retreat from the outside world. But we should resist the urge – for ourselves and for each other Patrons outside a busy pub in the Yorkshire Dales. Credit: Alamy There ...

Historian Jonathan Israel's magisterial three-volume history of the 'Radical Enlightenment' is the intellectual version of a JCB, ripping up the terrain around him. Kenan Malik follows him down the ...

Can the Integrated Education Act help to break the segregation of Catholic and Protestant education in Northern Ireland?

Given that this magazine is pledged at least partially to the purpose of defenestrating idols, slaughtering sacred cows and so forth, there seems little reason not to begin by adding the elephant in ...

In rallying in opposition to marriage reform, religious campaigners claim that their arguments are grounded in reason and common sense. But take a closer look and you'll spot the homophobia, says ...

The "mummy's curse" in Egypt; "tsunami stones" in Japan – humans have long tried to warn future generations of disaster. Now, the need is critical.

The popular association of atheism with immorality is a particular deterrent for women who have religious doubts, since in Arab society they are expected to be “virtuous” in order to marry. “It is ...

The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power and People (Princeton University Press) by Paul Seabright Not long ago, religion seemed to be in terminal decline. But, as Paul Seabright ...