Nature

2007 is almost gone and like in many other areas, it is popular in science to look back at the things that stood out in the year.

There is a list of the most best papers in 2007 in the latest issue of the science magazine Nature. The magazine asked its editors to pick their favourite

papers from two categories. Their favourite papers from other scientific journals and their favourite Nature papers.

In the first category they highlight among others the following papers. View the full list here (Notice that you need access to read the full artcile).

The eminent communicator of science, Richard Dawkins, has very strong opinions on religion. So strong, it seems, that they blind him of the wider perspectives.

He hosted and wrote the TV program 'The Root of All Evil' in which he presents his view that the world would be better of without religion.