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Naturalism is not intrinsic to a rational scientific understanding. Now, why we think that, then, is partly because we've constructed false narratives about conflicts between science and religion,

PHILIP BALL | Conflicts can in fact be tremendously fertile, alerting us to areas where more work is needed . . .

PETER HARRISON | Unfortunately, the comforting narratives beloved by scientists fall well short of the standards of historical scholarship.

PHILIP BALL | I’d put money on quantum computing becoming commercially viable and useful way before fusion does...

ERIKA LORRAINE MILAM | Nobody disagreed on the data. But everybody disagreed on how to interpret the data. . .

ERIKA LORRAINE MILAM | There is a long tradition, of course, of writing for lay audiences about science...

ERIKA LORRAINE MILAM | In the last forty years, Jane Goodall has become a saint of modern environmentalism, an unwavering voice calling. . .

PHILIP BALL | There’s one thing that distinguishes living matter from nonliving matter, it is this notion of agency.

A profound but quiet transformation in biology is changing the way we think about life.

NICK SPENCER | The British have never felt a particularly pressing need formally to define science. . .Not so America.

VITTORIO HÖSLE | Where does the enthusiasm of the 18th century for the humanities come from?

VITTORIO HÖSLE | We must try to develop again a worldview in which scientific and ethical thinking. . .