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…
Carl Sagan: The Skeptic's Sceptic
This extended review provides some excellent responses to arguments that Sagan used and which keep cropping up today.
Isn't Science More Rational than Faith?
One of the core arguments of Richard Dawkins’ book The God Delusion is that religious faith is irrational. “Dyed-in-the-wool…
The Resurrection: Hoax, Heist or History?
The belief that Jesus rose from the dead is central to Christianity. But how can anyone believe it really happened?
How to be an Atheist - a review
Are sceptics really as sceptical as they claim? In this book, Mitch Stokes calls on atheists and Christians alike to be more sceptical.
The universe is not an accident
An interview with theologian and scientist Alister McGrath.
Freud's Dad & Dawkins' Delusion – C.S. Lewis Responds?
"You would think that wouldn't you?" By way of Freud's Father complex and Dawkins' memes, Melvin Tinker examines how C.S. Lewis might…
Responding to The Goldilocks Enigma
Paul Davies is a brilliant science writer. As an eminent physicist and cosmologist, he knows his subject matter with distinction. Better…
Am I Significant in the Universe, or Just an Accident?
Less than two metres tall and only lasting about 70 years — can we matter in a universe that is so big and so old, so dark and so cold?