Science Studies
Stuart Clarke reviews the history of scientific cassandras
Science & Technology
Ethics of the Embryo
John Harris on the stem cell controversy
To tell the truth
Is belief in religion and belief in science the same kind of thing, asks philosopher Daniel Dennett
The Science of Fiction
What is science fiction, asks Bo Fowler
Editorial: Simply Human
It may have come as something to a shock to Darwin's contemporaries to be told that we're really just animals.
Diary: Darwin’s heaven
AC Grayling comes face to face with evolution in the Galapagos
The story so far: Laurie Taylor interviews Michael Frayn
Counting, categorising, complexity. Michael Frayn offers Laurie Taylor his version of the human condition
The Goldilocks Enigma: Why is the Universe Just Right for Life? by Paul Davies
Peter Woit reviews the latest book from astrophysicist Paul Davies
Rationalism in the South
Richard Leakey on African rationalism