Matthew Katzman, a 25-year-old lecturer in computer science, brought forward the measure to ‘cancel’ the Queen in his role as president of Magdalen’s Middle Common Room.

What one might call a “Proto-Deuteronomy” and others term “fake” has excited new controversy in a book written by an academic scholar. Owen Jarus has the contentions, the backlash, and the interesting and tragic back story to this reignited sensation. Brent Swancer shares his own conundrum from Biblical lands in The Strange Mystery of the […]

Today England rugby star Maro Itoje throws his weight behind the ‘digital divide’ campaign; his aim to guarantee laptops for all disadvantaged children in the UK.

Mary Rambaran-Olm, a historian, argued the term is used by white supremacists to refer to white British people and should be banned and replaced with the phrase ‘early English’.

In what might seem a belated April Fool’s story, Naomi Rea reports that a University of Bristol research associate with the unfortunately suspicious name Cheshire seems to have claimed to have solved–in just two weeks after an initial “series of ‘eureka’ moments”–a translational puzzle that rivals the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs. “Not so fast!” — […]

A Muslim scholar and his two brothers have been taken into custody in Islamabad after allegedly raping their 15-year-old sister, most recently at a mosque, swearing her to silence on the Koran.

Finn Lowery, 28, died on Sunday in New Zealand after battling depression, leaving behind a devastated family and his wife Rebecca. The couple were married a year ago.

Scholar Suggests a New Form of Religion in ‘American Cosmic’  Publishers Weekly Religious studies professor D. W. Pasulka is guided into the UFO community and explores the connections between the media, religion, and a growing belief …

Not wanting to be a debbie downer, we’re sharing this as a splash of cold water on the nascent psychedelic renaissance. There’s nothing wrong with psychedelics and entheogens, but it’s important to appreciate turning on, tuning in, and dropping out isn’t going to save America nor the world. It’s how one uses the newfound wisdom […]