Pissing in the wind?
From brain surgery to climate change Ian McEwan has made scientific literacy fashionable. But will it save us, asks Anne Rooney.
Science & Technology
Editorial: Just believe
It seems that anti-science is on the rise, but hopefully we've found the antidote
Alex’s Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos
Matt Parker visits Numberland with Alex Bellos
Dark Matter by Juli Zeh
Stuart Sim enjoys a metaphysical thriller
Cast away
How humanist are the three main parties? With the general election fast approaching, Paul Sims has been canvassing
Judgement day
Is the world really getting safer? Lawrence M Krauss, the scientist who reset the Doomsday Clock, cautions against complacency
Battle of the Babies
A new book argues that liberal secularism and high birth rates are fuelling a revival of religious fundamentalism. Caspar Melville speaks to its author Eric Kaufmann
Man & other beasts
Humanism is under attack in the academy for its assumption of man’s superiority over animals. John Appleby visits the intellectual borderland between humans and animals
Beyond nature
The human finger points the way to what makes us truly human, say Raymond Tallis
Aura & out
Laurie Taylor balances his chakras