Exploring bleeding edge experiments, oddities, new and bizarre dicoveries, and fact-checking conspiracy theories since 2008. No question is out of bounds and no topic is too strange for a deep dive.
# oddities
The (Non)Prophet blog has a contest for the atheists least likely to offend religious zealots and whose identity is based on how accommodating to their beliefs they are.
# politics
Templeton sends a not so subtle signal to the National Academy of Sciences that they intend to keep spreading their tentacles deeper and deeper into all public discourse about science.
# oddities
What happens when a preacher loses faith? They may have no choice but to keep preaching...
# oddities
Did biblical tests predict guided missiles? Sure, if you didn't actually read the passage in which you claim they appeared, much less its context...
# science
A study of brain cancer patients in Italy shows the neural epicenters of spiritual experiences and religious belief.
# politics
Sometimes believers don't proselytize because they're sure they have the truth. It's because they need affirmation of their beliefs.
# politics
Fundamentalism and politics becomes a noxious, incoherent mess in Utah County.