Our fragile home
Voyager’s distant photo of Earth should remind us that we’re all in this together, says Marcus Chown
Science & Technology
Please squeeze me
Marcus Chown on the hottest body in the Solar System
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
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