In years past, the staff here at TheHumanist.com and the American Humanist Association have shared our favorite Halloween films, but this year it gets personal. Check out our top costumes and some controversial choices for... Read More

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“It’s the first-ever sample of metallic hydrogen on Earth, so when you’re looking at it, you’re looking at something that’s never existed before.” —Isaac Silvera, Harvard University   In the universe of possibility, something new:... Read More

BOOK BY JENNIFER DOUDNA AND SAMUEL STERNBERG HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT, 2017 304 PP.; $28.00 (HARDCOVER) $14.99 (KINDLE) CRISPR is the basis of a genome editing technology—the latest breakthrough in the grand tradition that began over... Read More

BOOK BY J.E. SUMERAU SENSE PUBLISHERS, 2017 250 PP.; $25.00 Cigarettes & Wine, by J.E. Sumerau, is a novel that illuminates fresh perspectives on living out humanist values concerning gender and sexuality, while portraying emotions... Read More

BOOK BY KURT ANDERSEN RANDOM HOUSE, 2017 480 PP.; $30.00 In James Joyce’s Ulysses, Stephen Dedalus claims that history is a nightmare from which he is trying to awake. The premise of Kurt Andersen’s ravenously... Read More

This review is based on the first four episodes of the new Star Trek series, and CONTAINS SPOILERS for the show up until that point. Star Trek: Discovery starts with a symbol. It is a... Read More