Virtuous atheists may live well and do good – but can they give hope to the hopeless cases?

Plymouth Brethren failed in bid – but one in four contenders have religious affiliations

As the rich world suffers its crisis of excess, we can learn much from peoples who live with little.

For the Higgs boson believers, and me, Celtic just got lucky against Barcelona

Planet Earth is "about 9,000 years old," and the study of evolution, embryology, and the Big Bang Theory is based on "lies straight from the pit of hell," according to a Congressman responsible for crafting US government policy on science and technology.

Beth Nielsen Chapman here provides a song-borne guide to astronomy for reluctant little learners that parents should find fun, too.

Hardline Presbyterians furious at celebrity atheist's invitation to Hebridean book festival

The history of human evolution is more complex than previously supposed, according to fossils showing that several species of early man once lived cheek by jowl in the same region of East Africa.

A free school run by creationists is among more than 100 approved by the Government to open next year.

The National Trust has defended its decision to include references to creationist theory at a new state-of-the-art visitors' centre at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.

The Charity Commission has launched an investigation into allegations that one of London’s major mosques has been taken over by extremists after an imam who tried to preach that evolution was compatible with Islam was forced to resign.

An author who tried to sue a father of three from the West Midlands over comments made in a series of unfavourable reviews on Amazon is facing a six figure legal bill after a judge struck out his case.

Parents of children in New York are doubtless grateful to the bureaucrats huddled at the city's Department of Education, labouring to protect them from the real world beyond the school fence. Heaven forbid that their young minds should be sullied by such notions as crime, death or birthdays.

1. Brian Cox (PI: 78)