Some of my friends never tire of pointing out that human beings are just animals. People have been doing this for decades but recent work…

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Peter Sanlon gives a brief introduction to his book on 'Queer Studies'.

What does human society tell us about human nature? Are we essentially good or bad?

Would ­contact with extraterrestrial beings create a crisis of faith? Chris Oldfield reviews 'Science, Religion and the Search for…

This month England has been taken by storm. Not rain – but riots. Unlike the weather, it came without warning and has left the nation…

The following is an extract from Philip Vander Elst's full paper of the same title. The whole paper can be downloaded from the link on the…

Who are you? Where does your sense of identity come from?

When the aliens begin to attack in Steven Spielberg's latest blockbuster War of the Worlds, the panicking public assume that this must be…