No argument
In America rationalists find themselves in a new battle – opposing the passing of ‘academic freedom’ laws that allow the undermining of science in the classroom. Paul Sims reports
Science & Technology
Quiz: Boggles goes around
A perplexing plane puzzle from Quizmaster Chris Maslanka
Book review: The Dead Hand by David Hoffman
Michael Binyon revisits Cold War brinksmanship
Book review: Evolution and Belief by Robert Asher
Adam Rutherford tires of zombie arguments about creationism
Anything is possible
Stephen Hawking’s childlike glee in overturning assumptions, especially his own, is what makes him such an iconic scientist, says his biographer Kitty Ferguson
Burden of proof: should evidence determine policy?
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
Quiz: do bears sit in the woods?
Chris Maslanka challenges you to work out the Three Bears' exam results
Book review: The Viral Storm by Nathan Wolfe
Mark Pagel faces the threat from pandemics
Book review: Religion in Human Evolution
Where did religion come from? Keith Kahn-Harris reviews a monumental study
Nine highlights from Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
The best bits and the inside scoops from three years of our seasonal rationalist jamboree