Sam Harris, the new atheist with a spiritual side
The neuroscientist – and longtime exponent of meditation – talks about his new app and why he is definitely not an Islamophobe
Roger McNamee: ‘It’s bigger than Facebook. This is a problem with the entire industry’
Mark Zuckerberg’s mentor and an early investor in Facebook on why his book Zucked urges people to turn away from big tech’s toxic business model
Dr Julian Pratt obituary
Other lives: Doctor who brought original thought to bear on the underlying causes of illness
Tales of unravelling minds: a neuropsychologist’s darkest days
Neuropsychologist AK Benjamin has written a funny, truthful and shocking book about his own struggles with drink and drugs as he tried to help his mentally disordered patients
Wellcome book prize: gender and identity dominate 2019 longlist
Books in contention range from a transgender man’s boxing story to a memoir of recovering from psychosis and a novel about narcotic hibernation
Origins by Lewis Dartnell review – the surprising bedrock of our civilisation
Professor Lewis Dartnell makes a compelling case for the influence of geology on human evolution
Steven Johnson: ‘Decision-making should be taught in schools’
The author of Everything Bad Is Good for You on his new book, and why decision-making is a creative process
Where next? How to cope with Brexit uncertainty
As Brexit debates become ever more fractious, we are trapped in a cycle of anger, disbelief and impotence. Can psychotherapy help us find a way out?
John Ruskin: The Power of Seeing review – oddball or visionary?
The influential critic, social reformer and troubled genius profoundly changed British culture. In his 200th anniversary year, can this exhibition help us see him clearly?
The ‘mega monk’ who wants us to slow down and embrace our imperfections
Haemin Sunim is the Buddhist monk whose hugely successful self-care advice books have made him a celebrity
Colliding galaxies and ‘Goldilocks’ planets: the revolution in astronomy
Cosmologist Jo Dunkley on the most mind-bending recent discoveries, as astronomers use powerful new telescopes to explore nature’s weirdest stars, ‘dark energy’ and the origins of gold
Lunar tunes: culture’s fascination with the dark side of the moon
From Pink Floyd’s mental hell to the secret lair of space Nazis, artists have striven unceasingly to sketch the side of the moon China’s Chang’e 4 just reached
Age against the machine: the secret to enjoying a long life
The writer Carl Honoré used to think of ageing as a ‘chamber of horrors’. Now he argues we are in a ‘golden age’ for older people
Hello 2019 – what are you likely to bring?
Politics, science, technology, TV, books … here’s what to expect in the year ahead
James Erlichman obituary
Consumer journalist, broadcaster and writer at the forefront of reporting Britain’s BSE food crisis