The origin of the cosmos still lies among the many mysteries facing humans (Image: N.Smith (University of California, Berkley) and NOAO/Aura/NSF)

When it comes to the big questions, why should we have to either deny God or believe? Surely good science doesn’t so restrict us, says David Eagleman

I HAVE devoted my life to scientific pursuit. After all, if we want to crack the mysteries of our existence, there may be no better approach than to directly study the blueprints. And science over the past 400 years has been tremendously successful. We have reached the moon, eradicated smallpox, built the …