August, 2026 - Rationale Magazine

31 Aug

Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. See our ...

28 Aug

Before a visa is granted, most applicants over 18 must sign a short declaration. It is called the Australian Values Statement, and it c...

24 Aug

How we think and feel about science develops from an early age – and we never know where that early interest might take us. Take Han...

18 Aug

In early June, in this magazine, I expressed exasperated astonishment with Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence (AI)...

16 Aug

See current affairs through the eyes of cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson. Published 16 August 2026.

07 Aug

In his 2023 bestseller, Determined, neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky argued that the interaction of biology and environment leaves...

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