Don't swallow the scaremongering claims of the anti-GM lobby, urges Angela Saini. Modified foods are a rational alternative to mass starvation
Conspiracy theories can be hilarious, but reality is a better story says David Aaronovitch
Debunking faith on screen is a confused business, finds Fred Rowson
Jenny Bunker never quite learns what really killed Socrates
Would life be better if we knew all the answers?
Do we have the right to judge others? Steven Lukes reviews the evidence
Fifty years after CP Snow’s celebrated lecture the ‘two cultures’ are further apart than ever, finds Eliane Glaser
Harold John Blackham, prominent British and international humanist and founder of the British Humanist Association, has died at the age of 105
Following a tough campaign and a hard-fought election, we can finally announce last year's most scurrilous enemy of reason
Funny how atheists enjoying themselves can be so threatening to believers