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Rationale Magazine 31/08/2026

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

David Magson 28/08/2026

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

Brian Yates 24/08/2026

How we think and feel about science develops from an early age – and we never know where that early ...

Paul Monk 18/08/2026

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

Matt Bissett-Johnson 16/08/2026

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

Aaron Walton 07/08/2026

In his 2023 bestseller, Determined, neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky argued that the interaction of biology and environment leaves no room for free ...