A growing number of activists are calling for science to play a larger role in policy. But will it work? Richard Wilson asks the experts
Chris Maslanka challenges you to work out the Three Bears' exam results
Mark Pagel faces the threat from pandemics
Where did religion come from? Keith Kahn-Harris reviews a monumental study
The best bits and the inside scoops from three years of our seasonal rationalist jamboree
Can orgasms change the world? Sally Feldman revisits the politics of the climax
A spiral galaxy has Marcus Chown's head spinning
With his new book The Magic of Reality, Richard Dawkins wants to introduce children to the wonders of science. He gets a resounding thumbs up from Manjit Kumar's resident young experts
What is neuroscientist Susan Greenfield on about? asks Sally Feldman
Bill Thompson embraces the digital revolution