Science & Technology

Preying on sadness

Psychics do have special powers – turning grief into money, says AL Kennedy

Simon Baron-Cohen wants to redefine how we think of human cruelty. Caspar Melville meets him

Since there is nothing useful about the God hypothesis, we can happily discard it. Physicist Mano Singham makes the scientific case for atheism

Bibles, doubt and morality without God

Quizmaster Chris Maslanka challenges you to sidestep death and defeat the dreaded lurgy

Angela Saini feels at home with Tim Radford

Andrew Mueller admires Jon Ronson's sanity

The Islamic world needs to recover its scientific spirit, says Jim Al-Khalili

Should science guide our moral decisions? Kenan Malik puts Sam Harris's latest argument under the microscope

Far from being an atheist straw man, Biblical fundamentalism poses a real threat to British schools