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Atoms and Eden

You are the river: An interview with Ken Wilber: The integral philosopher explains the difference between religion, New Age fads and the ultimate reality that traditional science can't touch.; By Steve Paulson Apr 28, 2008
I don't believe in atheists: Foreign correspondent and intellectual provocateur Chris Hedges explains why New Atheists like Christopher Hitchens are as dangerous as Christian fundamentalists.; By Charly Wilder Mar 13, 2008
The atheist delusion: Theologian John Haught explains why science and God are not at odds, why Mike Huckabee worries him, and why Richard Dawkins and other "new atheists" are ignorant about religion.; By Steve Paulson Dec 18, 2007
Proud atheists: Steven Pinker and Rebecca Goldstein, America's brainiest couple, confess that belonging to one of America's most reviled subcultures doesn't mean they believe scientists can explain everything.; By Steve Paulson Oct 15, 2007
Our rosy future, according to Freeman Dyson: Climate change is nothing to worry about, says the eminent physicist. Let's celebrate genetic engineering and our ability to design a new world of plants and creatures.; By Onnesha Roychoudhuri Sep 29, 2007
The religious state of Islamic science: Turkish-American physicist Taner Edis explains why science in Muslim lands remains stuck in the past -- and why the Golden Age of Mesopotamia wasn't so golden after all.; By Steve Paulson Aug 13, 2007
Joseph LeDoux's heavy mental: The neuroscientist explains how music, emotion and memory shape our identities -- and why he has donned a Stratocaster to keep the brain rollin' all night long.; By Jonathan Cott and Karen Rester Jul 25, 2007
We are meant to be here: People are not the result of a cosmic accident, but of laws of the universe that grant our lives meaning and purpose, says physicist Paul Davies.; By Steve Paulson Jul 3, 2007
Manufacturing belief: The origin of religion is in our heads, explains developmental biologist Lewis Wolpert. First we figured out how to make tools, then created a supernatural being.; By Steve Paulson May 15, 2007
Gospel according to Judas: The recently unearthed Gospel of Judas "contradicts everything we know about Christianity," says religious historian Elaine Pagels.; By Steve Paulson Apr 2, 2007
The modern Muslim: Controversial scholar Tariq Ramadan explains why Mohammed had progressive views of women, why the Quran is a prescription for peace -- and why he is banned from Saudi Arabia and the U.S.; By Steve Paulson Feb 20, 2007
God and gorillas: Anthropologist Barbara J. King explains what our distant cousins can tell us about religion and why it's OK for scientists to believe in God.; By Steve Paulson Jan 31, 2007
Seeing the light -- of science: Ronald Numbers -- a former Seventh-day Adventist and author of the definitive history of creationism -- discusses his break with the church, whether creationists are less intelligent and why Galileo wasn't really a martyr.; By Steve Paulson Jan 2, 2007
Buddha on the brain: Ex-monk B. Alan Wallace explains what Buddhism can teach Western scientists, why reincarnation should be taken seriously and what it's like to study meditation with the Dalai Lama.; By Steve Paulson Nov 27, 2006
The flying spaghetti monster: Why are we here on earth? To Richard Dawkins, that's a remarkably stupid question. In a heated interview, the famous biologist insists that religion is evil and God might as well be a children's fantasy.; By Steve Paulson Oct 13, 2006
Divining the brain: Andrew Newberg discusses what happens in our brains during prayer, meditation and mystical visions. Yet understanding the brain, argues the neuroscientist, does not close the book on the nature of religious experience.; By Steve Paulson Sep 20, 2006
The joys of life without God: Skeptics Society founder Michael Shermer explains why Darwin matters, how believing in God is the same as believing in astrology, and why it doesn't take divine faith to experience something bigger than ourselves.; By Kevin Berger Aug 23, 2006
The believer: Francis Collins -- head of the Human Genome Project -- discusses his conversion to evangelical Christianity, why scientists do not need to be atheists, and what C.S. Lewis has to do with it.; By Steve Paulson Aug 7, 2006
Going beyond God: Historian and former nun Karen Armstrong says the afterlife is a "red herring," hating religion is a pathology and that many Westerners cling to infantile ideas of God.; By Steve Paulson May 30, 2006

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