hey all! my apologies for missing last week's recap. my computer caught a nasty cold and required some time in the shop. i'm going to do my utmost to catch us all up by including links to content that would have appeared in last week's edition. bear with me!

morality and religion: are they genetic adaptations?

why don't philosopher's believe in god?

with the repeal of don't ask don't tell fast approaching The National Guard has apparently asked a gay soldier to come back ... after having been recommended for a discharge after declaring he was gay.

a new study has bonobos sharing like humans do.

check out these plants, masters of disguise.

no surprise here i think. racism is linked to religious dogmatism.

this meteorite may be older than the sun and shows the chemistry of the ancient solar system.

more proof that Einstein was a purty smart feller...

the first images from NASA's WISE telescope are in. absolutely incredible.

a new study finds that young Americans are less religious than their parents.

atheists in space. where is your god now?

want to keep track of sunspots, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections? there's an app for that.

what's the trouble with Natural Theology? plenty.

DNA evidence tells the global story of human history.

scientists have created an RNA molecule with big implications for life's origins.

politicians in the UK: stop funding homeopathy! fantastic news.

could life exist in universe different than our own?

uncovering the history of water on Mars.

George Will: still making deeply stupid claims about global warming. Utah and South Dakota get in on the act too.

CERN is back at it again.

how some lizards keep their genes fresh without sex. more here.

new pics of Enceladus are jaw dropping.

amazing evolution: some fish recognize patters of UV light on other individual's faces allowing them to discern friend from foe.

attitudes on evolution around the country are really sad.

a new Nature paper refigures the evolution of altruism.

Jenny McCarthy: still an idiot.

in the continuing discussion on mythicism James McGrath has a good point on the historicity of John The Baptist.

apologetics is for the weak-minded.

David Hume's work on religion is dissected by John D.

a Christian tries to defend God's genocidal acts.

Sean McDowell on theistic morality.