Since the only way God's ostensible plan makes sense involves human beings knowing nothing of it, having an atheist or agnostic minister is the next best thing to having no institutionalized religion at all.  By parallel argument, Satan may be a bit startled and nonplussed by this auspicious moment.

Despite United Church committee’s report recommending her removal, Gretta Vosper’s congregation hangs tight.

Please, Mrs. Conservative, don’t yell at our daddy for using food stamps. Also, can we have a cookie?

Award-winning Dutch author Rutger Bregman makes the case for more leisure in his book, "Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-Hour Work-week".

Ground-breaking work on synthetic organ transplants made Paolo Macchiarini one of the most famous doctors in the world. Now his reputation lies in tatters.

Start using the Wolfram Language. Stephen Wolfram's book introduces the basics with a series of easy-to-follow examples, exercises, QA, tech notes.

The Pentagon warned this year that Pyongyang’s new missiles, if perfected, “would be capable of reaching much of the continental United States.”

The benefits of the cholesterol-reducing drug statins are underestimated and the harms exaggerated, a major review suggests.

The Dalton Camp Award will go to the winner or winners of an essay competition on the link between democracy and the media in Canada. This year there will be one Award, open to all eligible entrants, consisting of a prize of $10,000, as well as a bronze cast medal by the late Canadian sculptress Dora de Pédèry-Hunt.

World leaders condemn North Korea after its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test, with the South calling it "maniacal recklessness".

If every species on the planet were suddenly equally intelligent, would we cooperate or fight? Rachel Nuwer explores this hypothetical survival of the fittest scenario.