Healing myself the Pagan way: how witchcraft cast a spell on me

Witchcraft and its deep connection with nature restored my mental health

How will humanity endure the climate crisis? I asked an acclaimed sci-fi writer

In Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel The Ministry for the Future, climate disasters kill tens of millions of people – and that’s a scenario he portrays as relatively optimistic

The big idea: how much do we really want to know about our genes?

Genetic data will soon be accessible like never before. The implications for our health are huge

Most people flee the suburbs, but nowhere land is the perfect backdrop for my novels

Suburbia is neither glamorous nor picturesque. But this is precisely what makes it rich terrain for my books

Glennon Doyle: ‘So many women feel caged by gender, sexuality, religion’

Glennon Doyle’s memoir inspired Adele – but do we all need to be ‘untamed’?

‘It was terrifying’: ancient book’s journey from Irish bog to museum treasure

A new book tells the story of the painstaking process to preserve the 1,200-year-old Faddan More Psalter

Patient 1 by Charlotte Raven review – life with the ‘mourning’ illness

The journalist’s blog about living with Huntington’s disease has become a fragmentary but insightful memoir

The big idea: are we really so polarised?

In many democracies the political chasm seems wider than ever. But emotion, not policies, may be what actually divides us

Can history teach us anything about the future of war – and peace?

A decade on from psychologist Steven Pinker’s declaration that violence is declining, historians show no sign of agreeing a truce

Saving Us by Katharine Hayhoe review – across the climate crisis divide

A scientist and gifted speaker makes a convincing case for calm, informed discussions in the race to avert catastrophe

Being an only child made me fascinated by siblings – and means I’ve had to learn to share my life

My debut novel is full of the brothers and sisters who were absent through my childhood

The Man from the Future by Ananyo Bhattacharya review – the life of John von Neumann

An expert on everything from game theory to Byzantine history, the inspiration for Dr Strangelove was as brilliant as he was dangerous

Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters by Steven Pinker review

Our powers of reason have undoubtedly made the world a better place. So why are we so in thrall to fake news?

Pair win Nobel prize in chemistry for work on organic catalysts

Benjamin List and David MacMillan’s findings revolutionised development of drugs and hi-tech materials

Trio of scientists win Nobel prize for physics for climate work

Sykuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi share award for advancing climate knowledge