SHDP achieves outreach through journalism, films, radio, tv, social media, and book publishing. For the the AI and the Future of Humanity project, a short film will be made highlighting key ideas discussed at each conference. A selection of John Cornwell’s articles in the ambit of public understanding of science through the past decade:
Dangerous Thinking: The Future of Artificial Intelligence The Tablet 3 January 2018
Philosophy of Science: Review Penultimate Curiosity by Andrew Briggs and Roger Wagner Financial Times 29 January 2016
Global Warming and Morality Prospect Magazine 19 June 2015
Secularism, Religion and Violence: Review Fields of Blood by Karen Armstrong Financial Times 26 September 2014
The Reel of Consciousness Brain 11 September 2013
Ethics and Neuroscience: Brain 19 April 2012
Between Reason and the Wet Stuff Literary Review February 2011
Alasdair MacIntyre Interview: On Moral Philosophy and Banking Prospect Magazine 20 October 2010
Decoding Darwin Literary Review October 2009
Drugs that Don’t Work: Meta-analyses on Prozac Prospect Magazine 23 Sept 2009
Interview Steve Jones: On Nature and Nurture Prospect Magazine 1 March 2009
How Science Discovered the Mystery of Ourselves Literary Review March 2009
A Dig at Ditchkins: On Terry Eagleton and Dawkins Literary Review May 2009
Plastic Fantastic: The Brain that Changes Itself Literary Review Sept 2008
Alcoholism and Detoxing Sunday Times 5 Oct 2008
Descent and Dissent: On Intelligent Design Literary Review October 2008
Bounded in a Nutshell: Review Kingdom of Infinite Space by Raymond Tallis Literary Review June 2008
Symbolic Language: On Steven Pinker Prospect Magazine 27 October 2007
Science and the Media Brain 15 December 2007
The Importance of Doubt Guardian August 30 2007
A Question of Respect: Review God Delusion by Richard Dawkins Sunday Times 1 October 2006
Who Do We Think We Are: On Genetics and Race Sunday Times 8 Oct 2006
Brain and Bad Behaviour Brain 27 November 2006
A Christmas Thunderbolt for the Scientific Arch Enemy of Religion: On Dawkins and Atheism Sunday Times 24 December 2006
Don’t Be Deluded: On a Cancer Breakthrough Sunday Times 3 September 2006
Slaves to American Medicine: On the Tuskagee experiment Sunday Times 10 September 2006
A Head for Trouble: Are we hard-wired to be bad? Sunday Times 9 July 2006
Journey through the Topic of Cancer Sunday Times June 25 2006
Taking on String Theory: Physicists’ establishment Sunday Times 11 June 2006
Hormones and theories of Romantic Love Sunday Times 12 Februaru 2006
Face of things to Come: Face transplants Sunday Times 11 December 2005
What Tickles our Fancy: New research on bonding Sunday Times 6 November 2005
Between Heaven and Earth: Review of The Planets by Dava Sobel Sunday Times 28 August 2005
How the War Can Be Won: Latest cancer treatment research Sunday Times 19 June 2005
Stardust Memories: On Fred Hoyle Sunday Times 22 May 2005
Drugs and Determinism: Review of The 21st Century Brain by Steven Rose Sunday Times 27 February 2005
The Hand: Review Raymond Tallis trilogy on the Mind-Brain Brain 21 January 2005
Please also see the archive of previous SHDP conferences.