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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Britain plans to build thousands of wind turbines, and a new breakthrough may help ensure they don't end up in landfill ...