Religion
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The New Ambassadors of Science
July 17, 2009
Francis Collins and Regina Benjamin are tapped, SpaceX races NASA into orbit, a Pew Poll on the public perception of science, and Microsoft releases Feynman lectures.
leadership, policy, public perception, religion, space, week in review
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Don’t Mess With Textbooks
May 20, 2009
Science education faced setbacks at the Texas Board of Education hearings in March. An inside look at the politicians, teachers, and textbook publishers who are fighting back.
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April Book Picks
April 01, 2009
New works on the human cost of fear, the paradigm-shifting astronomer Edwin Hubble, and the comic failings of religious fundamentalists.
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The Multiverse Problem
March 30, 2009
Is theoretical physics becoming the next battleground in the culture wars? Not according to some theologians and scientists.
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Darwin and the Clergyman
February 12, 2009
Letters between Charles Darwin and the vicar of Downe document a close friendship, and a surprising mutual interest in preserving the church.
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Harun Yahya’s Dark Arts
December 16, 2008
One-on-one with the Turkish creationist who uses bad science and bizarre art to spread his vision of a troubled world.
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Agnostic Machinery
October 29, 2008
Bill Maher's film Religulous hoped to use scientists to paint religion as a neurological disorder, but the scientists had a different idea.
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PZ Myers on Richard Dawkins
October 22, 2006
Richard Dawkins hasn't stopped his tirade against religion and its "dangerous nonsense"—he's fighting smarter. Has Darwin's rottweiler been house-trained?
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The Dover Monkey Trial
October 01, 2005
Now on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
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World
Sad Sacks
As a UK adviser is fired over politically unpalatable advice and an English teacher is suspended over an article about animal sexuality, the fate of facts is on the line.
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Ideas
Sweet Obesity
As obesity rates soar, Americans are consuming more low-calorie artificial sweeteners. But do artificial sweeteners actually help people lose weight?
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Books
Books to Read Now
November releases feature the mysteries of Grigori Perelman, the evolutionary origins of reading, and strategies for containing strains of flu.
