Diagnosis evil
Simon Baron-Cohen wants to redefine how we think of human cruelty. Caspar Melville meets him
Science & Technology
Editorial: Big books
Bibles, doubt and morality without God
Quiz: A lurgical problem
Quizmaster Chris Maslanka challenges you to sidestep death and defeat the dreaded lurgy
Book review: The Address Book by Tim Radford
Angela Saini feels at home with Tim Radford
Book review: The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
Andrew Mueller admires Jon Ronson's sanity
Long road to renewal
The Islamic world needs to recover its scientific spirit, says Jim Al-Khalili
Test-tube truths
Should science guide our moral decisions? Kenan Malik puts Sam Harris's latest argument under the microscope
Editorial: Creating confusion
Far from being an atheist straw man, Biblical fundamentalism poses a real threat to British schools
Mortal fear: Laurie Taylor interviews Lewis Wolpert
Do we have to die? Biologist Lewis Wolpert talks to Laurie Taylor about the mysteries of ageing
Natural history of the soul
Caspar Melville meets the man who thinks that spirituality is essential to consciousness, and science can tell us why