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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨 Our Autumn 2025 issue is out today! It's all about the battle over space, and how it affects us all.

Let's take a look inside... 🧵

Look up! New Humanist's Autumn 2025 issue on the battle for space is out now

How the battle over space affects all of us

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 6d

Most of us have a memory of a food that takes us back to childhood. Why?

Granny’s secret sauce

Netflix's "Nonnas" celebrates grandmothers’ cooking. Why do these dishes have such unique power to comfort us?

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 6d

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Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about the rise of space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

'Most nations are starting to talk about space as a domain of warfare'

Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 6d

In an age of conflict and climate change, we face complex choices around nuclear

Nuclear choices

In an age of conflict and climate change, we must listen to the people of Fukushima and Hiroshima

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 6d

"It’s refreshing to see a blockbuster film that is so ready to take a stand against racist garbage"

American alien

The new Superman movie offers the vision of a kinder, more tolerant United States. But should we really pin our hopes on a superhero?

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 6d

We need to act to protect space from becoming a site of warfare and commercial competition.

Five experts share their thoughts on how we can do that:

Five voices on space and society

How can we protect space so that it benefits all of humanity? We asked five experts for their perspectives

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 6d

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A new history from @hurstpublishers.bsky.social reminds us that progress on abortion rights has never been linear

Book review: Abortion, a history

A new book reminds us that progress on abortion rights has never been linear

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 8d

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@andrewcopson.bsky.social speaks to Neil Kinnock about how the Labour Party can reclaim its humanist principles

The secular soul of the Labour Party

Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock is calling on the party to reclaim its humanist principles

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 8d

What is it about grandmothers' cooking that gives it such unique power to comfort us?

#food #cuisine #Nonnas

Granny’s secret sauce

Netflix's "Nonnas" celebrates grandmothers’ cooking. Why do these dishes have such unique power to comfort us?

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 8d

As the number of atomic bomb survivors dwindles, their descendants have begun to assume the responsibility of showing the horrors of nuclear warfare.

We need to listen to their voices

Nuclear choices

In an age of conflict and climate change, we must listen to the people of Fukushima and Hiroshima

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 8d

Several killings have been linked to a movement that calls itself “rationalist”. But what do they really believe?

The rationalist murders

Several killings have been linked to a movement that calls itself “rationalist”. But what do they really believe?

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 8d

Nadeem Akbar was at home when the mortar struck - tearing a hole through the business he had poured two million rupees into

Kashmir’s ghost villages

The borderlands between India and Pakistan were a tourist paradise – but then the Pahalgam terror attack shattered the peace

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Niki Seth-Smith @nikisethsmith.bsky.social · 12d

A fascinating piece of reportage from Japan on the nuclear choices all countries must make

New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 13d

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@dominicmhinde.bsky.social travels to Japan to uncover what its experience of two very different nuclear disasters can teach us in an age of conflict and climate change

Nuclear choices

In an age of conflict and climate change, we must listen to the people of Fukushima and Hiroshima

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Niki Seth-Smith @nikisethsmith.bsky.social · 12d

I interviewed an expert on space warfare. We need more public awareness he says, “it’s a democratic issue”

New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 13d

Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about the rise of space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

'Most nations are starting to talk about space as a domain of warfare'

Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 13d

✨ New online:

@dominicmhinde.bsky.social travels to Japan to uncover what its experience of two very different nuclear disasters can teach us in an age of conflict and climate change

Nuclear choices

In an age of conflict and climate change, we must listen to the people of Fukushima and Hiroshima

newhumanist.org.uk

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 13d

How can we protect space so that it benefits all of humanity?

We asked five experts for their perspectives

Five voices on space and society

How can we protect space so that it benefits all of humanity? We asked five experts for their perspectives

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 13d

@netflix.com's "Nonnas" is part of a rich canon of books and film exploring the special gift of grandma’s food

Granny’s secret sauce

Netflix's "Nonnas" celebrates grandmothers’ cooking. Why do these dishes have such unique power to comfort us?

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 13d

Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about the rise of space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

'Most nations are starting to talk about space as a domain of warfare'

Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 13d

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 15d

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In the latest edition of our Voices section, we asked five experts how we can protect space to benefit *all* of humanity

Five voices on space and society

How can we protect space so that it benefits all of humanity? We asked five experts for their perspectives

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 15d

The word "drone" has been around for thousands of years, but its meaning has changed dramatically

#etymology #language #linguistics

In a word: Drone

The latest from Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 15d

Can Kashmir become a tourist paradise once more? #travel #politics #India

Kashmir’s ghost villages

The borderlands between India and Pakistan were a tourist paradise – but then the Pahalgam terror attack shattered the peace

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 15d

At the Hay Festival this year, three women from different generations spoke about sexism and misogyny

Women unite!

From millennials to Mary Trump, feminists across the ages are learning from each other

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 16d

The rationalists are an online movement trying to base their morality on logic and reason. Yet they inspired the SBF crypto fraud, Luigi Mangioni, and the Zizians – who left six people dead.

What’s going on? My latest for @newhumanist.bsky.social newhumanist.org.uk/articles/645...

The rationalist murders

Several killings have been linked to a movement that calls itself “rationalist”. But what do they really believe?

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 20d

It’s ironic that what has become the most modern form of warfare owes its name to some of the earliest pieces of writing in English

In a word: Drone

The latest from Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses

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