When worlds collide
Scientists must not indulge mysticism, argues Yves Gingras
Science & Technology
Finger on the trigger
If Pakistan falls, Jihadis will have the bomb. Maruf Khwaja warns of his country’s deepening crisis
The Many Faces of God: Science’s 400-Year Quest for Images of the Divine by Jeremy Campbell
Michael Binyon seeks the face of God
The Creation: A Meeting of Science and Religion by EO Wilson
Jonathan Derbyshire wonders if religion and science can get along
Genesis Machines: The New Science of Biocomputation by Martyn Amos
Bill Thompson investigates bio-computing with Martyn Amos
Thinker: Francis Crick
Matt Ridley unravels the humanist code of Francis Crick
The Comet Sweeper: Caroline Herschel’s Astronomical Ambitions by Claire Brock
Brenda Maddox is swept off her feet by an astronomical biography
Bad vibrations
AC Grayling reports on the battle for the soul of a science
Future Perfect: the transhumanist quest to defeat death
Transhumanists would like to cheat death and redesign genes. But Anita Silvers is not sure that would be wise
Dancing with dinosaurs
The Christian right is on the rise in America – thanks to the disastrous effects of globalisation, writes Chris Hedges