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- Back from the dead? Facilitated communication and the strange case of Rom Houben (by Nicholas Pearson, November 2009)
- In February the BBC reported that the Belgian man who appeared to be communicating after a 23-year coma wasn't. Sceptic Nicholas Pearson was on it for us back in November
- Neuroscience can help tame the elephant (by Matt Grist, November 2009)
- Not all explorations of how the brain influences behaviour are neurotrash. Matt Grist, director of the RSA’s social brain project, responds to Ray Tallis
- Seks, sinek ve videokasetleri: Harun Yahya'nın gizli hayatı (by Halil Arda, November 2009)
- İslam dünyasında evrim karşıtlığının lideri, tarikat önderi, Dawkins’in düşmanı, sahte Mesih … Halil Arda Harun Yahya’nın gerçek yüzünü gösteriyor.
- Iran's green future (by Kerem Oktem, November 2009)
- This week's protests are a sign of the uncontainable anger of the people says Kerem Oktem
- Film review: Up (by Fred Rowson, October 2009)
- It's not quite Paradise Lost, but Pixar's latest is still a beautiful, three-dimensional, mess, says Fred Rowson
- Bless this tiger (by Paul Sims, August 2009)
- Paul Sims visits a zoo with a difference
- Film review: Inglourious Basterds (by Fred Rowson, August 2009)
- This World War Two revenge tale is lazy and idiotic, yet has moments of true brilliance. Could the real problem be Tarantino himself? asks Fred Rowson
- Hatchet job (by Bill Cooke, August 2009)
- Bill Cooke responds to R Joseph Hoffmann on the legacy of Paul Kurtz
- Beware the spinal trap (by Simon Singh, July 2009)
- As part of the Keep Libel Laws Out of Science campaign we republish here the article at the centre of the BCA's libel case against Simon Singh. Some practitioners claim it is a cure-all, but the research suggests chiropractic therapy has mixed results – and can even be lethal, says Simon Singh
- Book review: Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and Europe by Christopher Caldwell (by Kenan Malik, July 2009)
- Caldwell’s argument is timely, powerful and wrong, says Kenan Malik
- Film review: Brüno (by Fred Rowson, July 2009)
- Sacha Baron Cohen's latest has its flaws. But it's still hilarious, says Fred Rowson
- Probably? Not! (by Michael Neumann, July 2009)
- Atheists shouldn’t be afraid to be certain, says Michael Neumann
- Film review: Angels & Demons (by Fred Rowson, June 2009)
- Could the latest Dan Brown blockbuster be the best film of the year so far? asks Fred Rowson
- Which Pope Am I? (by Christina Martin, May 2009)
- Thinking of taking the reins in Vatican City? Wondering how your Papacy might pan out? Size up your Christian credentials by taking our exclusive personality test (Devised by Christina Martin)
- Bad dream (by Emma Hockridge, May 2009)
- Contrary to what Angela Saini argues, there are few demonstrable benefits from genetic modification of crops, and huge potential risks, says Emma Hockridge of the Soil Association
- Pimping Ida (by Kenan Malik, May 2009)
- The real missing link in the Ida story is that between modern science and PR, says Kenan Malik
- No fear (by Stephen Howe, May 2009)
- I’m not disdainful of blogs, I just want them to live up to their democratic promise. Stephen Howe responds to Owen Hatherley
- Film review: Synecdoche, New York (by Fred Rowson, May 2009)
- Fred Rowson is fascinated and frustrated by Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut
- Chasing shadows (by Santu Mofokeng, May 2009)
- Santu Mofokeng is one of South Africa’s most celebrated photographers, recognised for his work with the Afrapix collective and on the newspaper New Nation. In these photographs he records a country struggling to come to terms with its past and future
- Film review: Let The Right One In (by Fred Rowson, May 2009)
- Sad, funny and frightening – this Swedish horror is not to be missed, says Fred Rowson
- Laurie Taylor – a life in cartoons (by Editorial Staff, May 2009)
- For over six years our cartoonist, Martin Rowson, has been drawing cartoons for Laurie Taylor's regular column. For the first time we've brought these all together, hoping the shocking nature of the images will alert you to the perils of living the life of a dedicated heathen. You have been warned.
- Film review: Religulous (by Fred Rowson, April 2009)
- Debunking faith on screen is a confused business, finds Fred Rowson
- Six and out (by Philip Tonner, April 2009)
- Geologists have recorded five major extinctions throughout the Earth's history. Are we hastening the sixth, asks Philip Tonner
- Film review: Knowing (by Fred Rowson, April 2009)
- Sci-fi action and apocalyptic religion just don't mix, says Fred Rowson
- Film review: Gran Torino (by Fred Rowson, April 2009)
- Clint Eastwood's latest is grating and out of tune, in all the right ways finds Fred Rowson
- Book review: 2666 by Roberto Bolaño (by Daniel Miller, March 2009)
- Bolaño's extraordinary epic lives up to the hype, says Daniel Miller
- Film review: Watchmen (by Fred Rowson, March 2009)
- Heard this comic book adaptation is bad? You don't know the half of it, says Fred Rowson
- Film review: The Class (by Fred Rowson, March 2009)
- This acclaimed story of a year in a Paris classroom captures school life brilliantly, says Fred Rowson
- Film review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (by Fred Rowson, February 2009)
- A return to form for Woody Allen? Think again, says Fred Rowson
- Film review: Milk (by Fred Rowson, February 2009)
- Sean Penn deserves his Oscar, but this biopic of America's first gay politician mostly plays it safe, says Fred Rowson
- Film review: Slumdog Millionaire (by Fred Rowson, February 2009)
- Danny Boyle's feelgood Oscar-winner lacks the depth to be a true classic, says Fred Rowson
- Film Review: Revolutionary Road (by Fred Rowson, February 2009)
- It's twelve years since Winslet and DiCaprio last shared a screen. And that's not long enough, finds Fred Rowson
- Film Review: The Wrestler (by Fred Rowson, February 2009)
- Mickey Rourke's ageing grappler is compelling, but distant says Fred Rowson
- Obituary: Harold Blackham (by Editorial Staff, January 2009)
- Harold John Blackham, prominent British and international humanist and founder of the British Humanist Association, has died at the age of 105
- Cut the strings (by Carl Honoré, January 2009)
- The rise of pushy helicopter parents is holding children back, says Carl Honoré
