20:00 30 November 2009  | 55 comments

Experiments on people who believe in God suggest they endow the deity with their own views on controversial issues such as abortion

17:50 30 November 2009  | 11 comments

On the eve of the verdict on their murder charges, DNA evidence implicating Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito is being called into question

INTERVIEW:  18:00 25 November 2009  | 220 comments

His tirades against religion have provoked millions of readers, but the force behind the science blog Pharyngula turns out to be a rather genial firebrand

THIS WEEK:  18:00 25 November 2009  | 51 comments

Fears of the warming effect of fossil fuels have pushed governments to reconsider nuclear power – but could a uranium shortage scupper their plans?

12:14 25 November 2009  | 8 comments

A pantheon of social network founders and investors met on Monday to discuss the future of the services that have changed the web

UPFRONT:  11:02 25 November 2009  | 1 comment

A personal genomics firm has gone bust, prompting fears about what will become of customers' genetic and medical data

THIS WEEK:  18:01 24 November 2009  | 461 comments

Climate scientists are reeling from the discovery that someone has hacked into the email archive of one of their most prestigious research centres

THIS WEEK:  16:17 24 November 2009  | 23 comments

Research on the causes of sleepwalking may make it easier to identify whether those who commit crimes in their sleep should bear the responsibility

12:54 24 November 2009  | 25 comments

A judge has ruled that the US federal government was to blame for much of the flooding caused by hurricane Katrina in 2005

THIS WEEK:  20:00 23 November 2009  | 44 comments

Africa is set to experience a surge in civil wars, causing nearly 400,000 additional battle deaths by 2030 – all as a direct result of rising temperatures, a study suggests