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Down with answers (by Myra Zepf, January/February 2012 ): Myra Zepf has a novel New Year's resolution for parents
Quiz: do bears sit in the woods? (by Chris Maslanka, November/December 2011 ): Chris Maslanka challenges you to work out the Three Bears' exam results
Quiz: a tea-time teaser (by Chris Maslanka, September/October 2011 ): Rational thought is required in the humanist tearooms, in Quizmaster Chris Maslanka's latest New Humanist quiz
Quiz: Come on, you've urn-ed it (by Chris Maslanka, July/August 2011 ): It's pot luck for bankers' bonuses with New Humanist quizmaster Chris Maslanka
Woman of substance (by Ann Oakley, May/June 2011 ): Barbara Wootton attended the League of Nations, helped abolish the death penalty and became a magistrate before she was eligible to vote. Ann Oakley reviews a truly remarkable career
Quiz: A lurgical problem (by Chris Maslanka, May/June 2011 ): Quizmaster Chris Maslanka challenges you to sidestep death and defeat the dreaded lurgy
Things that go bump in the night (by Richard Wiseman, March/April 2011 ): Why do people think they can see ghosts, ghoulies and gods? Richard Wiseman explains
The god confusion (by Angela Saini, March/April 2011 ): In trying to make religion sound more logical and scientific, are educated Indians actually having a crisis of faith? asks Angela Saini
Quiz: No eggs/pence spared (by Chris Maslanka, March/April 2011 ): Break a few eggs and price up an omelette with quizmaster Chris Maslanka
Rationalism's dirty secret (by John Appleby, January/February 2011 ): John Appleby unravels the history of humanism’s dalliance with eugenics.
Delusions of grandeur (by Laurie Taylor, January/February 2011 ): Information systems professor Ian Angell tells Laurie Taylor where science has gone wrong
Behind the couch (by Alfred Tauber, January/February 2011 ): Was Freud really a rationalist? Lie back and let Alfred Tauber convince you
A many splendour'd thing (by Sally Feldman, January/February 2011 ): Moons and Junes, hearts, diamonds and red, red roses – this Valentine's Day, what could be more humanist than passionate romance? But, warns Sally Feldman, it may also be a dangerous delusion
Editorial: it just ain't natural (by Caspar Melville, January/February 2011 ): We shouldn't allow myth and dogma to cloud rational evidence-based argument
Editorial: Rationality rules (by Caspar Melville, September/October 2010 ): We should put our trust in reason, especially when it challenges our preconceptions
Q&A: Tim Minchin (by Editorial Staff, July/August 2010 ): As he prepares for his first ever arena tour, we catch up with rising rationalist star Tim Minchin
What’s the Worst that Could Happen? A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate by Greg Craven (by Simon Singh, September/October 2009 ): Simon Singh on a rational look at climate change
Truth matters (by David Aaronovitch, May/June 2009 ): Conspiracy theories can be hilarious, but reality is a better story says David Aaronovitch
Yield of dreams (by Angela Saini, May/June 2009 ): Don't swallow the scaremongering claims of the anti-GM lobby, urges Angela Saini. Modified foods are a rational alternative to mass starvation
Editorial: Fine lessons (by Caspar Melville, January/February 2009 ): Funny how atheists enjoying themselves can be so threatening to believers
Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People (by Robin Ince, November/December 2008 ): Now in its fourth year, our Christmas shows are becoming an institution. Curator Robin Ince explains the origins of our yuletide rationalist romp, and past performers Ricky Gervais, Simon Singh, Richard Herring, Natalie Haynes and Ben Goldacre with some seasonally inappropriate winterval witterings
Death on air (by Sanal Edamaruku, May/June 2008 ): Sanal Edamuruku on the night a guru tried to kill him live on Indian TV
Suckers: How Alternative Medicine Makes Fools Of Us All by Rose Shapiro (by Natalie Haynes, March/April 2008 ): Natalie Haynes endorses an attack on alternative medicine
Check republics (by Sally Feldman, November/December 2007 ): The game of chess has its roots in rationalism. And, like the Enlightenment itself, argues Sally Feldman, it’s a force for both liberation and tyranny
When worlds collide (by Yves Gingras, September/October 2007 ): Scientists must not indulge mysticism, argues Yves Gingras
Love, life, Goethe (by John Armstrong, January/February 2007 ): The great German writer was that wonderful contradiction, a romantic rationalist, says John Armstrong
The debunkers (by Caspar Melville, November/December 2005 ): India's rationalists are on the frontline of the battle between science and superstition. Caspar Melville reports on their fight to debunk "holy men"
Rationalism for all? (by Julian Baggini, January/February 2004 ): Julian Baggini on a new book of rationalism
Rationalism a la mode (by Shirley Dent, Summer 2002 ): Shirley Dent on London Transport, cyber-philosophy and career advice
Hard brain, soft brain (by Peter Atkins, Summer 1999 ): Peter Atkins makes the case for hard thinking
Let Freedom not Wither (by Alan Brownjohn, Summer 1999 ): Poet Alan Brownjohn is glad to live in a secular country
The future of the the planet (by James Hemming, Summer 1999 ): The centenary of the Rationalist Press Association is a good time to review where the future will take us saya James Hanning
Clash of faiths (by George Melly, Summer 1999 ): George Melly salutes 100 years of blasphemy
The RPA at 100 (by David Stewart, Summer 1999 ): This is a time for congratulations, for being thankful that the RPA has existed for a hundred years, and that it has done such good work.
The "New Atheists" are responding to provocation, not mounting an arbitrary attack (by AC Grayling, Web Exclusive, December 2007): On behalf of the New Atheists AC Grayling blasts back at Theodore Dalrymple
They should have seen it coming (by James Randi, Web Exclusive, July 2008): For years James Randi’s foundation has had a million dollars for anyone able to prove they have paranormal powers. But, he explains, in 2010 that money will be put to far better use
Doing fine now (by Julian Baggini, Web Exclusive, August 2010): Is the glass half full? Half empty? Just be glad you’ve got a drink says Julian Baggini
Cold reading (by Alan Moore, Web Exclusive, January 2011): Comic book legend Alan Moore, author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta, kindly allowed us to run this chilling rationalist short story from the latest issue of his excellent new magazine, Dodgem Logic. Lock the windows, draw the curtains and let him spin you a winter's tale...
India would have been a better place without Sathya Sai Baba (by Sanal Edamaruku, Web Exclusive, April 2011): Indian rationalist Sanal Edamaruku on the final debunking of a guru
Let the kids believe in Santa (by Myra Zepf, Web Exclusive, December 2011): Atheists shouldn’t crush the magic of Christmas, says Myra Zepf