There is something comforting about rescuing an old and decrepit object, sanding it down, coaxing it back to life. It’s not ...

Cancer isn't a single disease, but remarkable progress is being made in preventing, diagnosing and treating some types. We ...

One of the potential “brides” is secretly using the service to raise funds and save endangered snails. It’s already a ...

Vitamin C and exercise? An immunologist separates the facts from the myths – and what we simply don't know – about immune ...

When Alfred Hitchcock talked about creating suspense, he often used the analogy of “the bomb under the table”. He was referring to a scenario where the threat is seen by the audience and unknown to or ...

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 ...

Wooden posts of an old pier, with Lindisfarne Castle beyond. Credit: Alamy Mons Gaudium, the mountain of joy, was the name given by pilgrims to the hill from which they could spot Jerusalem for the ...

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 ...

Tourette syndrome hit the headlines this year following the success of I Swear, a film following the life story of activist John Davidson. The film picked up two trophies at the Baftas in February, ...

In the early 1970s, I was a pupil at a Protestant primary school in working-class west Belfast. Considering the mayhem that was raging nearby – the rioting, bombings and shootings – the teachers did a ...

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 ...