We hope you enjoy our selection of long features, columns and Q&As – the best of the last year, as chosen by the editorial team.
Laying claim to Christmas
Atheists can easily create their own Christmas, starting with the decoration of the tree.
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Evolution revolution: New Humanist winter 2022 out now
Evolution can happen at the level of species, but also at the level of deep time or the Earth itself. It can also apply to ideas and individual personalities. This issue of New Humanist explores the broader sense of evolution and all its messy meanings.
Purple gold
Gold is desirable because it is scarce, inert and yellow. Well, most of the time.
Identity crisis in Northern Ireland?
The future of Northern Ireland is likely to rest with a new generation who defy easy categorisation – in terms of politics as well as religious beliefs.
Untying the knot
While England and Wales celebrate a huge leap forward in our marriage law, the United States faces the threat of slipping backwards.
Close cousins
A single genetic change may have led to our cognitive advantage over the Neanderthals.
Spooky action
Once we are able to apply the principle of quantum entanglement, we can unleash the true power of quantum technology.
Women, life, freedom
The forced hijab, long a symbol of repression, has now become a renewed focus of the struggle for the emancipation of women and for the rights and freedom of all people in Iran.