Essay/Human Evolution Sex makes babies As far as we can tell, no other animal knows this. Did our understanding of baby-making change the course of human history? Holly Dunsworth & Anne Buchanan
Idea/Cognition & Intelligence We could all do with learning how to improvise a little better Stephen T Asma
Essay/Fairness & Equality In defence of hierarchy As a society we have forgotten how to talk about the benefits of hierarchy, expertise and excellence. It's time we remembered Stephen C Angle, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Julian Baggini and others
Essay/Self-Improvement The self-help game Millions believe that pop psychology can change their tennis skills, their love life or their moods. Are they all wrong? Rami Gabriel
Essay/Cosmopolitanism This is your morning I left the US, the land of my birth, sickened by racial injustice. But the return to a homeland is not a simple matter Enuma Okoro
Essay/Ecology & Environmental Sciences A tale of three dogs Coyotes, dingoes and wolves are all dogs, as intelligent and loyal as our familiars. Our treatment of them is unconscionable Brandon Keim
Essay/Fertility, Pregnancy and Childbirth The twin boom The proportion of twins in the population has waxed and waned in human history. For the first time we understand why Laura Spinney
Essay/Religion Is God a silverback? Protective, omnipotent, scary and very territorial. The monotheistic God is modelled on a harem-keeping alpha male David P Barash
Essay/Gender & Sexuality The weaponised loser Mass shootings have one thing in common: toxic masculinity. Where does it come from and what can be done to stop it? Stephen T Asma
Idea/Cognition & Intelligence Listening to speech has remarkable effects on a baby’s brain Sandra Waxman
Essay/Sleep & Dreams Life in Circadia The ticking of the bodyclock can help us fight cancer, safeguard our hearts, time our meals, and enhance our intelligence Jessa Gamble
Essay/History American secular The founding moment of the United States brought a society newly freed from religion. What went wrong? Sam Haselby
Video/Philosophy of Language Does the meaning of words rest in our private minds or in our shared experience? 2 minutes
Essay/Nature & Environment Ghosts and tiny treasures We are quick to condemn a hunter posing with his prey, but all too slow to cultivate a chronic passion for wild things Bryan Pfeiffer
EXCLUSIVE Video/Politics & Government See real democracy in action – how Chinese third-graders elect a class monitor 34 minutes
Essay/Nature & Environment Who owns the earth? Private land ownership is a beautiful dream gone badly wrong. It’s time to reinstate the forgotten ideal of the commons Antonia Malchik
Essay/Food & Drink Recipe for success Who should we admire more: the Michelin-starred chef with his teams and glamour, or the unsung but brilliant cook? Julian Baggini
ORIGINAL Video/Neuroscience Psychiatry is due for a revolution in diagnosis and treatment through brain science 4 minutes
Idea/Ecology & Environmental Sciences Why E O Wilson is wrong about how to save the Earth Bram Büscher & Robert Fletcher
Essay/Cognition & Intelligence Playing games for real My father was hopelessly, joyously addicted to gambling and I his moral critic. How did I end up playing pro blackjack? Marina Benjamin
EXCLUSIVE Video/Human Rights Blood feuds are law in Albania, turning homes into prisons for ‘guilty’ families 31 minutes
Idea/Ecology & Environmental Sciences Why we need to stop thinking so much about climate change Brandon Keim