‘Emotional intelligence’, ‘inner child’, ‘self-actualisation’ – the language of popular psychology has infiltrated every level of our culture, and persuaded us to let it all out to reach our life goals. But does this psychobabble actually help? *Stephen Briers* dissects the worst clichés of the Me Generation
The theory of evolution flatly contradicts the account of the origins of life in the Qur’an. Can they be reconciled? Alom Shaha meets the scientists who are trying
A brief conversation between the writer Arthur Koestler and the Nobel-winning biologist Jacques Monod, in 1969, planted a seed in the mind of the young religious biologist *Bryan Hamlin* that bore fruit more than 40 years later
The Royal Institution has been the spiritual home of science for more than 200 years. But following an expensive and, it appears, ill-advised makeover it has put it's historic Mayfair headquarters at 21 Albemarle up for sale. The great and the good of British science, including David Attenborough and Richard Dawkins are calling for it to be saved, but, asks Adam Smith, is there any evidence to back their claims that it plays a pivotal role for British science?
Editor Caspar Melville tells readers what to expect from the brand new RA Blog.
At the heart of galaxies lie supermassive black holes, which, according to a new theory, might hold the key to life itself. Marcus Chown and Caleb Scharf look beyond the event horizon
Earth’s satellite may have begun life as its parent planet’s stalker, says Marcus Chown
Saturn’s rings stumped the most famous astronomer of them all, but not Marcus Chown
The argument from design is often thought of as the most modern of objections to evolution. But Charles Darwin anticipated right from the start, says James Randerson
Caspar Henderson marvels at airborne beasts great, small and microscopic