Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism by Andrew Petto & Laurie Godfrey (eds)
AC Grayling cheers as the scientists vanquish Intelligent Design
Science & Technology
Faust in Copenhagen by Gino Segrè
Graham Farmelo finds that even the greats of physics enjoyed larking about
Monkey business
A new book on apes has nothing to teach us about human nature says Steven Rose
Under the microscope
Jonathan Rée on Daniel Dennett's attempt to do away with religion scientifically
Spirited away
Some atheists start believing in anything after they give up believing in God, says Meera Nanda
Meme Wars (part 1)
Evolution cannot explain culture: there are limits to the uses of Darwinism, says Adam Kuper
Meme Wars (part 2)
Natural selection applies to everything. Ideas evolve just as life does, says Susan Blackmore
Natural selection
Steven Gould was a great evolutionary biologist, perhaps best known for the 'punctuated equilibrium' idea (coined with Niles Eldredge in 1972), which has been one of the most influential refinements…
Thinking aloud
Mark Pagel on what makes scientists tick
An extremely brief history of time
Dr Jonathan Swingler is head of the Engineering Department at the University of Southampton. He has been a creationist since he was 18, the same age at which he began…