Life
Why almost everyone believes in an afterlife 鈥� even atheists
Most people hold curiously similar ideas about life after death, suggesting there is more to it than religion, fear or an inability to imagine not existing
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Humans
Buddhist monk Gelong Thubten on the science of mindfulness
Regulars
Life
Richard Dawkins: How we can outgrow God and religion
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Environment
Religion must rise to the challenge of climate change too
News
Humans
Most atheists believe in the supernatural, despite trusting science
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Humans
Is religion good or bad for humanity? Epic analysis delivers an answer
Features
Humans
How belief in punitive gods may have helped large societies cooperate
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Life
Has the chicken and egg puzzle over religion’s decline been settled?
News
Environment
The climate change evangelist with God on her side
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Humans
London’s Horniman Museum has squeezed a world into a room
Objective truths about human culture are hard to come by, but this beautiful new gallery asks all the right questions
Culture
Humans
Ancient Swedish massacre hints at chaos after the fall of Rome
News
Humans
Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell explores Bach’s cosmic music
Culture
Humans
Apocalypse not now but the fate of civilisation is in our hands
News
Humans
Effortless thinking: The god-shaped hole in your brain
Features