http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/all-time-classic-creationist-pwnage/ Biologist Richard Lenski recently published a paper describing the emergence of new traits in bacteria (they evolved the ability to metabolise new food sources...

Wow, what an astonishing lot of bollocks <http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12757> this Cardinal Rouco has come out with. Typically for a Catholic spokesman [1], he manages to make...

So, if you hadn't heard, the Californian Supreme Court recently overturned a law that banned same-sex marriage as unconstitutional <http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gaymarriage16-2008may16,0,6182317.story>_, deeming any law that restricted...

In reply to my last post, Rich points out_ that the "wizardry" wasn't the only reason he was fired, but also things like failing to...

Apparently, a substitute teacher in America was fired for --- wait for it --- wizardry_. Seriously. The exact word, "wizardry", was used. Apparently he'd shown...

Ed writes that he finds atheists depressing when they throw away the "real message" of religion. .. Ed writes: http://www.buzzwordoverload.co.uk/blogs/bigbadblog/?p=14 As an atheist, I have...

Apparently__, Muslim scientists (and clerics, of course) want to make Mecca, rather than Greenwich, the timezone around which the others are calculated. Their reasoning: Mecca...

Pursuant to this__, I would like to recommend that Dr. Williams be removed from any and all positions of authority and seek psychiatric help. A...

Okay, a few things that I've heard about recently have pissed me off. First, Bruce Schneier talks about security versus privacy__, making the point that...

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It is often claimed that there are no contradictions in the Bible. It is also often claimed that this is a lot of bollocks. Just...

More protests about the Da Vinci Code movie__ (to be released on Friday, I believe). Seriously, if Christianity has survived 2000 years, the first few...