Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism

Yield of dreams

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