Evolution: that famous ‘march of progress’ image is just wrong Fraser Sutherland • HSS • March 2020 Image: Usagi-P/Shutterstock Jordi Paps, University of Bristol and Cristina Guijarro-Clarke, University of Essex Evolution explains how all living beings, including us, came to be. It would be easy to assume evolution works by continuously adding features to organisms, constantly increasing…
Professor Maggie Kinloch talks all things celebrant for International Women’s Day 2020 Ceri Sutherland • HSS • March 2020 Maggie Kinloch presenting at the Humanist Society Scotland conference
International Women’s Day 2020 – An Interview with our Chair, Professor Maggie Kinloch FRSE Ceri Sutherland • HSS • March 2020 Maggie Kinloch with Scottish Makar Jackie Kay at the launch of our new strategic plan.
The journey of the word crusade – from holy to oppressive … and back again Fraser Sutherland • HSS • March 2020 Benjamin Weber, Stockholm University Greta Thunberg is on a crusade to save the planet. Elizabeth Warren is on a crusade against Bernie Sanders. Parks in Yorkshire are on a crusade to save the endangered Turtle Dove. Search the word and…
Coronavirus and the Black Death: spread of misinformation and xenophobia shows we haven’t learned from our past Fraser Sutherland • HSS • March 2020 Image: A 1411 depiction of a man and woman suffering with bubonic plague, or “Black Death”. Everett Historical/ Shutterstock Rachel Clamp, Durham University Although some media outlets have begun referring to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a “modern…
Our Humanist Future Fraser Sutherland • HSS • February 2020 Below is the text of the speech given to launch Our Humanist Future strategic plan by Humanist Society Scotland Chief Executive Fraser Sutherland. Thank you to everyone here for coming along and sharing this special day for everyone at Humanist…
Death: can our final moment be euphoric? Fraser Sutherland • HSS • February 2020 Seamus Coyle, University of Liverpool People often look like they are sleeping just after dying, having a neutral facial expression. But one of my relatives, who had intense pain the hours leading up to his death and lacked access to…
Have humans evolved beyond nature – and do we even need it? Fraser Sutherland • HSS • February 2020 Manuel Berdoy, University of Oxford Our society has evolved so much, can we still say that we are part of Nature? If not, should we worry – and what should we do about it? Such is the extent of our…
Climate change novels allow us to imagine possible futures – read these crucial seven Fraser Sutherland • HSS • December 2019 Adeline Johns-Putra, University of Surrey Every day brings fresh and ever more alarming news about the state of the global environment. To speak of mere “climate change” is inadequate now, for we are in a “climate emergency”. It seems as…
Star Wars: from The Force to R2D2, does the science hold up? Fraser Sutherland • HSS • December 2019 Carsten Welsch, University of Liverpool Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, the final film in the epic Star Wars series, will hit the big screens on December 19. Science fiction in general – and Star Wars in particular – is…
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