"A personal atonement, however futile, for the pathos-ridden arrogance of my nation"

Britain needs to hear more foreign languages

By calling the EU referendum, the Prime Minister played Russian roulette with the country's future

We need a second referendum—and only he can deliver one

Brexit roulette

A new book on evolution by a great biologist makes a slew of mistakes

Human intelligence is undervalued these days. We must do away with rulebooks and start trusting our own judgement

It is a highly addictive drug, but governments everywhere encourage its use

Humans, it seems, were predisposed to make sharp distinctions between in-group and out-group before there were any races at all—indeed, races may have evolved partly as a response to that...