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Book review: Evolution and Belief by Robert Asher (by Adam Rutherford, January/February 2012 ): Adam Rutherford tires of zombie arguments about creationism
Book review: Religion in Human Evolution (by Keith Kahn-Harris, November/December 2011 ): Where did religion come from? Keith Kahn-Harris reviews a monumental study
Undiscovered (by Raymond Tallis, July/August 2011 ): A misreading of science has persuaded us that we are no more than our evolved brains. But, argues Raymond Tallis, a more expansive philosophy of humanity is mounting a fight-back
Free to teach creationism? (by James Gray, March/April 2011 ): Under the government's education reforms, 15 per cent of groups applying to open academies are religious. How would those schools handle evolution? James Gray investigates
Book review: The God Instinct by Jesse Bering (by Jake Wallis Simons, January/February 2011 ): Do we have innate religious tendencies? Jake Wallis Simons turns to a new book to find out
Slings & arrows (by Timothy Taylor, July/August 2010 ): Evolutionary archaeologist Timothy Taylor on the outrageous fortune that made us the dominant ape
Is anyone out there? (by Paul Davies, March/April 2010 ): Aliens, Martians, extraterrestrials – how do we find out whether there’s life on other planets? Paul Davies has a formula
Digging for Darwin (by Sally Feldman, November/December 2009 ): In our final tribute to Darwin year, Sally Feldman celebrates the life of Mary Anning, the woman whose work helped to lay the foundations for the theory of evolution
Bless this tiger (by Paul Sims, September/October 2009 ): Paul Sims visits a zoo with a difference
Kissing cousins (by Adam Kuper, September/October 2009 ): Is marrying close relations harmful? Charles Darwin, anxious about his own family inbreeding, applied his scientific rigour to find out the truth. Adam Kuper reveals all
Thinking animal (by Simon Blackburn, September/October 2009 ): Darwinism has profound implications for philosophy, but we need to remember the master’s caution, warns Simon Blackburn
Darwin's journey (by Ruth Padel, January/February 2009 ): For poet Ruth Padel the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great scientist, in 2009, was more than a historical milestone, it was a family celebration
Origin of the specious (by AC Grayling, September/October 2008 ): AC Grayling dissects Steve Fuller's defence of Intelligent Design
Western front (by Peter C Kjaergaard, May/June 2008 ): While secularists sleep well-funded creationists are on the march in Europe says Peter C Kjærgaard
Tea and empathy (by Martin Rowson, March/April 2008 ): The human imagination, says Martin Rowson, allows us to make the world in the image of ourselves
Editorial: Incredible Mr Darwin (by Caspar Melville, January/February 2008 ): The more science uncovers, the more brilliant the father of evolution is revealed to be
Dinner with Darwin (by Caspar Melville, January/February 2008 ): To celebrate the birthday of the father of evolution we asked a selection of scientific commentators, including Steve Jones and Jerry Coyne, what they’d like to say to him round the supper table.
Getting better all the time (by John Harris, November/December 2007 ): Genetic modification of humanity isn't just possible, argues John Harris. It's a moral duty.
Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism by Andrew Petto & Laurie Godfrey (eds) (by AC Grayling, May/June 2007 ): AC Grayling cheers as the scientists vanquish Intelligent Design
Diary: Darwin's heaven (by AC Grayling, September/October 2006 ): AC Grayling comes face to face with evolution in the Galapagos
Meme Wars (part 2) (by Susan Blackmore, May/June 2006 ): Natural selection applies to everything. Ideas evolve just as life does, says Susan Blackmore
Monkey business (by Steven Rose, September/October 2005 ): A new book on apes has nothing to teach us about human nature says Steven Rose
Not the Natural History Museum: a trip to the Genesis Expo (by Padraig Reidy, May/June 2005 ): Padraig Reidy misses a few links in Portsmouth Harbour
The elephant bird's tale (by Richard Dawkins, September/October 2004 ): In an exclusive extract from his latest book, a Chaucerian pilgrimage to the remote past, Richard Dawkins roams the lost continent of Gondwana
Evolution Battles (by Matt Cherry, Winter 2002 ): Matt Cherry on 'dowdy Darwin and 'cool Charles'
Fight for Survival (by Mark Pagel, Winter 2002 ): Mark Pagel learns from an old master
Darwin's treasure trove (by Paul Sims, Web Exclusive, April 2008): As the great man’s private papers are made available for free online, project director John van Wyhe tells Paul Sims what’s in store for Darwin aficionados
Against the faith (by Steve Fuller, Web Exclusive, September 2008): In a world where Neo-Darwinism is the new dogma, Intelligent Design is right to challenge orthodoxy – sociologist Steve Fuller responds to AC Grayling
Bolus of nonsense (by AC Grayling, Web Exclusive, September 2008): In the third part of our their exchange, AC Grayling responds to Steve Fuller’s defence of his book Dissent over Descent
Bless this tiger (by Paul Sims, Web Exclusive, August 2009): Paul Sims visits a zoo with a difference