In the 1930s, Kahlo adopted the clothing of the Zapotec women. It was a political as well as personal act, emphasising her ...

A dinosaur spine is one source of inspiration, but the human body also embodies some elements of tensegrity. It contains 206 ...

Our research shows that it emerges in response to what I call the eight wonders of life: the strength, courage and kindness of others; collective movement in actions like dance and sports; nature; ...

This article by former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas is part of our Voices series on how to fight hate, from the Autumn 2026 issue of New Humanist. To read the rest of the series, subscribe now.

Rowan Williams (left) is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002–2012. Andrew Copson (right) is a humanist leader and author. He is chief executive of ...

This article is a sneak peek from New Humanist‘s Autumn 2026 issue on how to fight hate, out on 20th August. Sign up to our free newsletter to hear when it lands. The Odyssey is a Christopher Nolan ...

Epstein hosted a dinner at Harvard in 2004, with attendees including evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers (centre right). Credit: Alamy Stock Photo It was not a huge surprise to find myself in the ...

Female longing is having a cultural moment and midlife women are taking the limelight. Confounding societal expectations that older women should fade into sexual invisibility or conform to a selfless ...

David Olusoga is a British-Nigerian historian, author, presenter and BAFTA-winning filmmaker. He is professor of public history at the University of Manchester. His most recent television series ...

On paper, Buddhism looks pretty good. It has a philosophical subtlety married to a stated devotion to tolerance that makes it stand out amongst the world religions as uniquely not awful. Even ...

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 ...

Sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov’s prescient genius produced a series of classic stories, collected together as I, Robot, in which intelligent machines are confronted with existential issues. However, even ...