The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Great to see the wonderful @theAliceRoberts talking about her fascinating new book on what the romans did for the rise of christianity. Interviewed by @jimalkhalili at a @Humanists_UK Blackham Soc event. Also lovely to see @andrewcopson & Janet Ellis, the new President of HUK.

We’re proud to count on outstanding invited speakers at #HOPV26, bringing together leading scientists from around the world to shape the future of hybrid and organic photovoltaics. 📍 Uppsala, Sweden 🗓️ 18th–20th May 2026 🔗 Submit your abstract: https://t.co/edjYQCB43j

Almost 400 billionaires and millionaires from 24 countries have signed an open letter urging leaders to increase taxes on the world's wealthiest people. The letter released to coincide with the Davos economic summit has been signed by well known names including the actor Mark

"A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones" — Nelson Mandela

The idea that a U.S. president would threaten to invade Greenland because Norway didn’t give him a Nobel Prize is pathetic. This has nothing to do with foreign policy. It’s a president acting like a narcissistic spoiled child because his feelings got hurt. Unacceptable.

Great to see the wonderful @theAliceRoberts talking about her fascinating new book on what the romans did for the rise of christianity. Interviewed by @jimalkhalili at a @Humanists_UK Blackham Soc event. Also lovely to see @andrewcopson & Janet Ellis, the new President of HUK.

Martin Luther King Jr. understood better than almost anyone that racial justice and economic justice are inextricably intertwined. Watch his powerful call to end poverty from his final Sunday Sermon.

Energy use in homes is responsible for almost one-fifth of UK carbon emissions, with the biggest driver of increased energy demands during the peak winter period. Discover how Oxford researches are working towards the transition to clean energy. ⬇️

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves,

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“Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder

📆 Reminder: Particle Physics New Year Lecture 'New Year, New Horizons: Advancing the Axion Dark-Matter Frontier' by guest speaker Professor Lindley Winslow (MIT). In person and online, everyone is welcome. Read more and register: https://t.co/bxGbgYIGKY

Carl Sagan explains how the Ancient Greek knew the earth was round.

We have a brand new series of Digging for Britain ready for your delectation, and an expanded team of expert presenters bringing you the latest on a range of exciting discoveries from across the UK. Joining our regular team — fabulous zooarchaeologist Prof Naomi Sykes, amazing

🌱 Two Oxford academics awarded first-ever Royal Academy of Engineering Green Future Fellowships. Professors Robert House (Materials) and Moritz Riede (Physics) have been awarded one of the @RAEngNews’s inaugural Green Future Fellowships. Read more ⬇️

Across Iran, people from all walks of life are protesting against an authoritarian regime that has stolen their futures – amid economic collapse, censorship, religious suppression, internet blackouts, and violent crackdowns.

In case you missed it: we’re delighted to have officially welcomed Janet Ellis as the new President of Humanists UK 🎉 A broadcaster, actor, writer, and long-standing humanist advocate, Janet has been a patron of Humanists UK since 2014 and has championed humanist values

'Every state not calling out this blatant aggression helps hold the axe that shatters the international order.' Why the biggest problem for international law is not the invasion of Venezuela and capture of President Maduro, but how the US and the world made sense of it ⬇️

I wrote for @UniofOxford on the US–Venezuela situation. One overlooked paradox: actions justified as fighting organised crime are likely to benefit it, by fragmenting authority and deepening instability. Read here: https://t.co/ZtocM1SQX5 #GlobalSecurity #Venezuela #LatinAmerica