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Sunday School MAY 19, 2013
Mosses make two different plants from the same genome, and the trick is down to a single gene.
The Conversation has finished up its series on medical myths. It's both an interesting and informative list totaling…
ContinueSunday School MAY 12, 2013
Angry with some skeptics' insistence that the skeptical movement should leave religion alone, that science can say nothing about supernatural claims, PZ Myers announces his divorce from the skeptic movement. Jack Scanlan…
ContinueAdded by Nelson on May 12, 2013 at 3:30am — 4 Comments
Sunday School MAY 5, 2013
Prompted by a recent piece in The Guardian touting Sir David Attenborough's plans to speak in favor at an upcoming conference on the subject, the "aquatic ape theory" is on people's lips again. PZ Myers smacks the theory around. Twitter had fun with it, using the …
ContinueSunday School APR 28, 2013
Just beginning to understand how it evolved, sleep remains one of biology's mysteries.
Just when do babies become conscious?
Woo peddlers are crying "censorship!" at TED's recent actions done to prevent the promotion of pseudoscience under their banner. Steven…
ContinueSunday School APR 21, 2013
Why do people pretend that religion isn't responsible for creationism?
This scientist is able to turn your hand invisible with a simple trick.…
ContinueSunday School APR 14, 2013
Hemant Mehta highlights some of the answers given to the question asked of a few writers by the New Statesman, what can atheists learn from religion?
According to a new poll, a third of Americans want…
ContinueAdded by Nelson on April 14, 2013 at 2:37am — 3 Comments
Sunday School APR 7, 2013
Two new posts at the Secular Web this week. The first argues that the theistic God, if it existed, would only create a world populated by deities alone. That this world contains entities other than deities is therefore evidence against the existence of the theistic God. The second piece highlights the fundamental bit…
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Sunday School MAR 31, 2013
These mummy finds are offering clues to ancient disease, some of which were ancient alone, others surprisingly modern.
A famous study purported to show that eroding a belief free-will made people more likely to cheat. Now, a new study has…
ContinueSunday School MAR 24, 2013
A new study has it that the deepest point of the ocean, the Mariana Trench, is teeming with microbes.
Phil Plait responds to a stupid piece at The Mail on Sunday alleging that climate change has stopped. Has it? Nope. A source for The…
ContinueAdded by Nelson on March 24, 2013 at 1:58am — 4 Comments
Sunday School MAR 17, 2013
Peddlers of woo claiming last year in a review of research into acupuncture that in fact acupuncture does work received quite a bit of criticism, as you'd imagine. Recently they responded to that criticism with some comments. Steven Novella writes this week to address their comments. Humorously, as this is going on, yet another study of acupuncture, this one looking into lower back pain,…
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Sunday School MAR 10, 2013
Doctors announced this week that a baby appears to have been cured of HIV. Is this the breakthrough it seems?
Recently Michael Shermer has pointed to an anti-science attitude that exists on the left, mirroring the anti-science right,…
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Sunday School MAR 3, 2013
On "paleofantasies". The misguided nostalgia for our ancient past. Diet, morality, everything. You've heard it before.
With a new Pope about to be named the reasonable question is, will the Church change. It…
ContinueAdded by Nelson on March 2, 2013 at 10:21pm — 8 Comments
Sunday School FEB 24, 2013
Cardinal Roger Mahoney quite graciously forgives those who are angry with him for covering up the rape of children.
Continuing their back and forth on the subject of how science and philosophy inform morality, Massimo …
ContinueAdded by Nelson on February 24, 2013 at 12:02am — 11 Comments
Sunday School FEB 17, 2013
Tom Rees looks into a new paper that examines what kind of a person sees ghosts.
As was the case last week, ethicist Alonzo Fyfe continues to post on evolution and morality. I highly suggest anyone read these posts. Follow the discussion here,…
ContinueAdded by Nelson on February 16, 2013 at 11:31pm — 2 Comments
Sunday School FEB 10, 2013
Oliver Sacks on the fallibility of the memory.
We often focus on the right wing's anti-science tendencies. But we can and should point criticism at the anti-science left too.
Skepchick takes a closer look at a commercial for a…
ContinueSunday School FEB 3, 2013
A Boy Scout troop changed its policy regarding the admission of gay scouts only to have the Boy Scouts of America force them to choose between keeping the policy and keeping their BSA charter. The troop ultimately went back to discriminating against gays. However, owing to the backlash over the BSA's anti-gay policies on…
ContinueAdded by Nelson on February 3, 2013 at 5:21am — 5 Comments
Sunday School JAN 27, 2013
Totally lacking in any sort of self-awareness, the state government in India is considering whether to require astrologers to register with state authorities in order to separate the fake fortune-tellers from the real ones.
Is it time to treat violence like a contagious…
ContinueAdded by Nelson on January 27, 2013 at 2:13am — 6 Comments
Sunday School JAN 20, 2013
Scientists or politicians, who should you trust most?
Physicist Paul Davies says the origins of life won't be unraveled in a chemistry lab. Jerry…
ContinueAdded by Nelson on January 20, 2013 at 1:41am — 2 Comments
Sunday School JAN 13, 2013
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Sunday School JAN 6, 2013
Remember, use this link for all your Amazon.com purchases (not just books!). When you do so, though you'll pay no more for your purchases (and they'll ship just as fast), Think Atheist and Think Atheist Radio will get a small percentage of Amazon's profit. This will ensure we can keep the site up, make improvements, and afford research materials and recording equipment for the show. We'd really appreciate…
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