Doctor Plays God, Church Blames Patient
In Genesis 1:29 God says, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it." But according to Tadeusz Pacholczyk, an ethicist and... Read More
Darwin’s Finches Are Nearing Extinction
Last December, a study by a research team at the University of Utah concluded that one of the most common species of Darwin’s finch,... Read More
Scientific Spirit How romantics and technophiles can reconcile our love-hate relationship with scientific progress
In March 2009 headlines blared across the front pages of New York’s Daily News that were at once stimulating, scary, and altogether predictable. Dr.... Read More
THE ISSUE AT HAND
Confirmed: Bill Nye is our kind of guy. A science guy. An ethics guy. A wildly entertaining kind of guy (both comically and intellectually).... Read More
The Humanist Hour #54: Questions and Answers with Bill Nye the Science Guy and LGBT Humanist Council update
A new installment of the AHA's Podcast is available for listening. Keep reading to find out about the guests on this month's show. In... Read More
Atheism, Ethics, and Pornography: An Interview with Nina Hartley
Marie Hartman graduated with honors from San Francisco State University and is the author or coauthor of several books published by major publishing houses... Read More
Uncertainty in Science: It’s a Feature, Not a Bug
For all that Americans don’t know about science, one thing we do know is that we’re in favor of it. At least, we think... Read More
In Pursuit of the God Particle
The large hadron collider, the atom smasher sitting beneath Geneva, Switzerland, is the largest and most expensive scientific instrument ever built. On September 10,... Read More
Crossing Lines: Breaching Human-Animal and Left-Right Boundaries
The British Parliament is considering a bill this fall that, if passed, will allow scientists to produce chimeras, composite embryos that are part human... Read More
HNN #19: Dar Williams & E.O. Wilson
In HNN Audio Podcast #19, our humanist advice columnist "Sweet Reason" helps acclaimed novelist and humanist Salman Rushdie take another look at religious language.... Read More