Materialism, Mechanism and the Human Mind
Are humans exceptional? That is have they developed beyond their evolved state? And what is the nature of human experience and behaviour asks Kenan Malik
Science & Technology
Rationalism a la mode
It takes all sorts. From Fruit 'n' Veg horoscopes to the horror of a mother armed and willing to use the Holy Water... Dr Shirl takes them on...
Time to stand up
Stop respecting religion and start submitting it to the same scutiny as any other idea or argument, said Richard Dawkins, just months after 9/11
God and the Modern Scientist
How can we understand anything? asks Pater Landsberg
A Godless Environment
Ben Rogers on the morality of environmentalism
Editorial
Jim Herrick surveys the current issue
A Human Disaster
Shirley Dent talks to earthquake expert Andy Thompson.
Ethics of the Embryo
John Harris on the stem cell controversy
Humanist Web
The Internet is both your greatest dream and your worst nightmare says Dan Bye
Science Studies
Stuart Clarke reviews the history of scientific cassandras