A distant view of home
NASA's distant image of the Earth and Moon, taken by the Cassini probe in orbit around Saturn, is the perfect homage to the famous Pale Blue Dot
Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism
The Turncoats
The strange sub-genre of ex-atheist memoirs, spurious as it is, has an important message for atheism – we need to do a better job of reaching out and holding on…
Six degrees of atheism
A new study proposes some categories of non-believer and reveals not all atheists are angry
Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People 2013: Tickets on sale now
Robin Ince's hit rationalist Christmas jamboree returns for a sixth year in 2013 – book your seats today
In praise of meddling kids
The intrepid debunking teens – and a dog – make Scooby Doo ideal rationalist TV, says Myra Zepf
Help us create a Thinkers Library for the 21st Century
Our chief web designer, John Oxton-King, wants your help to create a definitive online resource for rationalism.
Poll shows atheism strong among Britain’s youth
A new YouGov survey suggests the decline of religious belief in Britain will continue for some time
Seeing reason: Jonathan Israel’s radical vision
Historian Jonathan Israel's magisterial three-volume history of the 'Radical Enlightenment' is the intellectual version of a JCB, ripping up the terrain around him. Kenan Malik follows him down the dark…
Your cousin the scientist
JP O’Malley has a family reunion with the geneticist Steve Jones
Girl Guides drop God
A new non-religious Promise is designed to make Guiding more inclusive, but inevitably some commentators aren't happy