Understanding why we age

Machine learning is being used to understand why some people age quicker than others

How to recycle wind turbines

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

China's green paradox

Xi Jinping may have skipped this year's COP, but China is making giant strides when it comes to clean energy

Mimicking the brain

Why was this year's Nobel Prize in Physics so controversial?
Can Britain resist the populist right?

Can we resist the populist right?

In Britain, we have escaped the rising tide of the populist right – but it's still influential, even when out of power.

No more intimidation

Women using abortion clinics in England and Wales are finally being protected... up to a point

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A pink and blue plasma ball

How to create astrophysical plasma

We'll never be able to visit the plasma at the edge of a black hole – but scientists managed to recreate it in a lab
Mubarak Bala wearing a blue suit, looking directly into the camera

Free Mubarak Bala

The imprisoned Nigerian humanist has had his sentence reduced – but the scourge of blasphemy laws remains
The cover of New Humanist's autumn 2024 issue displays the words 'A New Era for Britain' in red, white and blue

Britain's new era: our Autumn 2024 edition asks, what now?

It's time to take stock of where the country is, and where we'd like to be. What's happening with discipline in our schools? How do we heal the "toxic culture" in our NHS? And will refugee rights be restored under the new government?

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