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🚨 Our Winter 2025 issue is out today! It's all about how to stay smart in a changing world.
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How the internet is exacerbating health anxieties
Inside the world of health anxiety
It's Covid season again. Two books have lessons on how to navigate health anxiety
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November 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
How the internet is exacerbating health anxieties
"There are cocktails galore, lines of cocaine, a swinging band, fireworks, a huge bonfire, skinny dipping in the lake, a maze to get lost in. Every darkened corner seems to be pulsating"
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November 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"There are cocktails galore, lines of cocaine, a swinging band, fireworks, a huge bonfire, skinny dipping in the lake, a maze to get lost in. Every darkened corner seems to be pulsating"
We're all glued to our phones. Literacy is plummeting, and universities are under attack.
Are we all getting dumber? Or is society transforming, discovering new ways to be smart?
That's what we're exploring in our brand new edition:
Are we all getting dumber? Or is society transforming, discovering new ways to be smart?
That's what we're exploring in our brand new edition:
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November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We're all glued to our phones. Literacy is plummeting, and universities are under attack.
Are we all getting dumber? Or is society transforming, discovering new ways to be smart?
That's what we're exploring in our brand new edition:
Are we all getting dumber? Or is society transforming, discovering new ways to be smart?
That's what we're exploring in our brand new edition:
Scientists are making huge advances in understanding black holes - but key research is at risk from Trump's cuts
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November 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Scientists are making huge advances in understanding black holes - but key research is at risk from Trump's cuts
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As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically - and Finnish schools are leading the charge.
@zionlights.bsky.social digs into the details
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically - and Finnish schools are leading the charge.
@zionlights.bsky.social digs into the details
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November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically - and Finnish schools are leading the charge.
@zionlights.bsky.social digs into the details
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically - and Finnish schools are leading the charge.
@zionlights.bsky.social digs into the details
Drunkenness, debauchery, death and destruction - and at the centre of it all, a strong, morally ambiguous woman who contrives to be the master of her own fate
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November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Drunkenness, debauchery, death and destruction - and at the centre of it all, a strong, morally ambiguous woman who contrives to be the master of her own fate
How can we keep our minds sharp as the world changes around us?
In our new edition, we enlist the brainpower of @drkatedevlin.bsky.social , @naomialderman.bsky.social , Martha Nussbaum and more to find out:
In our new edition, we enlist the brainpower of @drkatedevlin.bsky.social , @naomialderman.bsky.social , Martha Nussbaum and more to find out:
newhumanist.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
How can we keep our minds sharp as the world changes around us?
In our new edition, we enlist the brainpower of @drkatedevlin.bsky.social , @naomialderman.bsky.social , Martha Nussbaum and more to find out:
In our new edition, we enlist the brainpower of @drkatedevlin.bsky.social , @naomialderman.bsky.social , Martha Nussbaum and more to find out:
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Nia DaCosta's "Hedda" courts controversy with a fresh, bold take on Ibsen's classic
Nia DaCosta's "Hedda" courts controversy with a fresh, bold take on Ibsen's classic
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November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
✨New online:
Nia DaCosta's "Hedda" courts controversy with a fresh, bold take on Ibsen's classic
Nia DaCosta's "Hedda" courts controversy with a fresh, bold take on Ibsen's classic
A good time to revisit @jamesrball.com's provoking piece on why the child benefit cap strikes at the heart of the big questions: who are the Labour party, and what is politics for?
What’s the point of politics?
Labour’s feud over child benefits points to a deeper question: how to balance strategy with doing the right thing
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November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A good time to revisit @jamesrball.com's provoking piece on why the child benefit cap strikes at the heart of the big questions: who are the Labour party, and what is politics for?
Admit it – you're glued to your phone, like everybody else. Literacy is plummeting, and universities are under attack. Are we all getting dumber? Or is society transforming, discovering new ways to be smart?
Find out in our latest issue:
Find out in our latest issue:
newhumanist.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Admit it – you're glued to your phone, like everybody else. Literacy is plummeting, and universities are under attack. Are we all getting dumber? Or is society transforming, discovering new ways to be smart?
Find out in our latest issue:
Find out in our latest issue:
Give us your nominations: We want to interview the *freethinkers of today*, people cutting through the swamp of propaganda and standing for truth and integrity. We've recently spoken to @naomialderman.bsky.social and @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social and @stephenfry.bsky.social ... who next?
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Give us your nominations: We want to interview the *freethinkers of today*, people cutting through the swamp of propaganda and standing for truth and integrity. We've recently spoken to @naomialderman.bsky.social and @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social and @stephenfry.bsky.social ... who next?
Science today is plagued by fake papers, profit incentives and unreliable studies. Meet the science sleuths bringing the truth to light
Rise of the science sleuths
Why are so many scientific studies impossible to replicate? Meet the brave researchers bringing the truth to light
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November 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Science today is plagued by fake papers, profit incentives and unreliable studies. Meet the science sleuths bringing the truth to light
Get your weekend reading sorted - pick up a copy of the brand new edition of New Humanist today!
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November 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Get your weekend reading sorted - pick up a copy of the brand new edition of New Humanist today!
Available at all good newsagents - find your nearest retailer here: services.marketforce.co.uk/storelocator...
Available at all good newsagents - find your nearest retailer here: services.marketforce.co.uk/storelocator...
What is cyberchondria?
Inside the world of health anxiety
It's Covid season again. Two books have lessons on how to navigate health anxiety
newhumanist.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What is cyberchondria?
🧠Remember, our brand new Winter issue - "How to stay smart in a changing world" - is out now!
Read it this weekend by subscribing to the digital edition for just £10:
Read it this weekend by subscribing to the digital edition for just £10:
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November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🧠Remember, our brand new Winter issue - "How to stay smart in a changing world" - is out now!
Read it this weekend by subscribing to the digital edition for just £10:
Read it this weekend by subscribing to the digital edition for just £10:
Two massive black holes have collided in a merger so big that it was, by our current models, theoretically impossible.
Marcus Chown explains this "spectacular cosmological event"
Marcus Chown explains this "spectacular cosmological event"
newhumanist.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Two massive black holes have collided in a merger so big that it was, by our current models, theoretically impossible.
Marcus Chown explains this "spectacular cosmological event"
Marcus Chown explains this "spectacular cosmological event"
Who really runs Britain?
Book review: Born to Rule
We're always hearing about the "elite", but what does the data tell us about who runs Britain?
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November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Who really runs Britain?
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We have to now make a choice to “work the muscle” of our brains, just like we hit the gym where once we laboured in the fields. Beat the brainrot! Start by buying this issue on our website or at the shops 🧠
Stay smart in a changing world! New Humanist's Winter 2025 edition is out now
From the rise of AI to attacks on universities, are we all getting dumber? Or is society transforming and discovering new ways to be smart?
newhumanist.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We have to now make a choice to “work the muscle” of our brains, just like we hit the gym where once we laboured in the fields. Beat the brainrot! Start by buying this issue on our website or at the shops 🧠
🚨 Our Winter 2025 issue is out today! It's all about how to stay smart in a changing world.
Let's take a look inside... 🧵
Let's take a look inside... 🧵
newhumanist.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🚨 Our Winter 2025 issue is out today! It's all about how to stay smart in a changing world.
Let's take a look inside... 🧵
Let's take a look inside... 🧵
Country music has long shed its Bible-bashing image. Today, bluegrass is helping to heal America’s deep divides
Finger-pickin’ good
Country music has long shed its Bible-bashing image. Today, bluegrass is helping to heal America’s deep divides
newhumanist.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Country music has long shed its Bible-bashing image. Today, bluegrass is helping to heal America’s deep divides
Are we all getting stupider, or discovering new ways to think? Our "intelligence" edition brings together neurobiologists, philosophers, tech experts and more to discuss and debate how to stay smart in a changing world. OUT TOMORROW
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Are we all getting stupider, or discovering new ways to think? Our "intelligence" edition brings together neurobiologists, philosophers, tech experts and more to discuss and debate how to stay smart in a changing world. OUT TOMORROW
A new novel probes identity, asking whether it is tied to place, biology, “spirit” or the people who raise us
Book review: Fire Exit
Morgan Talty's debut novel is a powerful exploration of family, heritage and identity
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November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A new novel probes identity, asking whether it is tied to place, biology, “spirit” or the people who raise us
"It is only through analysing the stories that shape our world that we can control them and retain agency"
Book review: The Narrative Brain
Stories shape our world. A cognitive scientist explains how to understand our narrative brain and regain some agency
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November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"It is only through analysing the stories that shape our world that we can control them and retain agency"
Letters from Palestine
Letters from Palestine's students
Book review: "We Are Still Here: An Anthology of Resilience, Grief, and Unshattered Hope from Gaza’s University Students"
newhumanist.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Letters from Palestine