brexit

Research from my PrejudiceLab at Goldsmiths, University of London shows that people who score high on the collective narcissism scale are particularly sensitive to even the smallest offences to their group’s image.

The controversial author predicted the rise of Trump by placing “a ruthlessly ambitious, narcissistic, media-savvy villain sporting makeup and coloured hair” in his new book, written before the election. But can he explain the hate of knowledge that persists in the world today?

Elitism has come under fire since the recent wave of populist politics. But when we don’t listen to experts, we end up listening to politicians’ lies, says Richard Dawkins.

Populism won two big votes in 2016, while the global worldview suffered… well… “big league”. But how did we get to this big discord? And can populism and globalization ever get along?

Caught between a rock and a hard place, the EU had better get ready for some of these exit-names

In between time checks on the Doomsday Clock, Stephen Hawking is here to remind us we are living in dangerous times.