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From members of the Monty Python crew to famous evolutionary biologists, here are some of the strangest hook-ups in rock history

Controversial US philosopher who sought to understand and explain the science of the mind

It's in cities that greater absolute numbers of religious people can compensate for declining per capita rates of religious observance.

Last month I was asked to be one of the first “signatories” of the October Declaration, which has to date been signed by 130,000 others including Tom Stoppard, Liz Truss and Richard Dawkins. This open letter condemns all acts of terrorism against civilians in Israel on October 7.

Michelle Donelan’s plan to ‘depoliticise’ science with new guidelines on sex and gender research is a chilling move, says science writer Philip Ball

The veteran US philosopher renowned for his theories of consciousness is an intriguing figure but too prone to ‘professorial preening’

Aliens could be spiders the size of elephants, according to Richard Dawkins. During an online QA, the famous atheist said that if aliens came from a similar planet to Earth they would probably look like humans, but if they came from somewhere with a “much weaker gravitational pull”, they could…

The 82-year old evolutionary biologist is one of Britain’s most provocative thinkers

In early April, when Elon Musk randomly and very briefly replaced the Twitter bird logo with the face of the “doge” meme, the value of the dogecoin both rose and fell by a matter of billions of dollars in value on the cryptomarket.

The comedian’s attempt to reconcile his lack of faith with his Jewish identity places him in an intriguing position in an often polarised debate

Ahead of a new book about our need for faith, the ‘militant atheist’ discusses oversharing, identity – and why he’s distancing himself from Richard Dawkins