We shouldn't allow myth and dogma to cloud rational evidence-based argument
Information systems professor Ian Angell tells Laurie Taylor where science has gone wrong
With Danny Boyle's production of Frankenstein due to open at the National Theatre in February, Philip Ball looks at the timeless fascination, and consequences, of the monster myth
Stephen Howe decodes Anthony Appiah
A new exhibition of James Barnor’s photography provides a route-map of Afro-Modernism. Kobena Mercer gets it in focus
The claims made by James Hannam regarding the birth of modern science in the Middle Ages do not stand up to scrutiny, says Charles Freeman
Historian James Hannam responds to Charles Freeman's critique of his book on the medieval foundations of modern science, which was nominated for the Royal Society's prize for science books
Likeable anarchist, modest Übermensch, atheist preacher – Jonathan Rée is delighted by the paradoxical philosopher
Nothing, it turns out. They did it all for themselves, the selfish so-and-sos. Natalie Haynes explains
Of course we should love, honour and cherish our species, says Mary Midgley. But should we have to worship it too?