Greg Graffin, evolutionary biologist and lead singer of pioneering US band Bad Religion, talks music and rebellion ...

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

The creation of global mushroom maps is unearthing new species and teaching us how they support Earth’s ecosystem ...

“The Crucifixion” (c. 1340) by Paolo Veneziano. Credit: Alamy Heresy: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God (Picador) by Catherine Nixey Many of us suffer from the cognitive bias known as the “just ...

After the Capitol riots of 2021, a legitimate return to the White House for Donald Trump was hard to imagine for many. But as the US heads towards elections in November, it looks increasingly likely.

For many generations in societies shaped by Christianity, monogamy has been the almost undisputed champion of relationship norms. In Britain and the US, it has been held up as the dominant – really ...

God: An Anatomy (Pan Macmillan) by Francesca Stavrakopoulou. We don’t know his real name. In early inscriptions it appears as Yhw, Yhwh, or simply Yh; but we don’t know how it was spoken. He has come ...

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 ...

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

Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, discusses her new book, on the importance of fiction to democracy.

It’s time for feminists (male or female) to bring some clarity to the debate about the burqa. The discussion at the moment is dominated by two arguments that defend the burqa from criticism, both ...

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 ...