Creating Life in the Lab by Fazale Rana – a review
The creation of a simple bacterium with completely synthetic genetic material by Craig Venter and co-workers last year created a huge wave…
Connecting with the Disconnected
A review of Nick Barham's Disconnected: Why our kids are turning their backs on everything we thought we knew.
Intuition: A Special Way of Knowing
Why is it a national tragedy when 39 people commit suicide? Answering that question tells us something important about the existence of God…
Flipping the meaning of Lent
Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day? The consumerist flip.
The End of Faith by Sam Harris – a review
It is clear from reading The End of Faith that Sam Harris is a strong minded individual. He expresses his arguments so starkly that anyone…
The Myth of Secular Neutrality
Alex Bunn questions the assumption that ‘faith equals bias’. Although his article is based around his own specialty of…
Fear of Knowledge – a review
Creating a work of philosophy that is both deeply rich in meaning and accessible to a non-philosophically-trained audience is a daunting…
The Penultimate Curiosity - a review
This comprehensive exploration of the history and mechanics of human curiosity argues that “Science swims in the slipstream of ultimate…