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Nigel Barber: Atheism to Defeat Religion By 2038 In a recent book, "Why atheism will replace religion: The triumph of earthly pleasur...

BBC News - Twitter 'report abuse' button calls after rape threats BBC News - Twitter abuse case leads to arrest It seems that Tw...

Stephen Hawking tells how doctors offered to turn off life support in 1985 | Science | guardian.co.uk The news that doctors in Switzerland...

As most of you will know by now my Twitter account has been suspended. The reason why is shown here. I've used a screen capture becau...

Belief in evolution up since 2004 The recent dramatic advance in the understanding of science and the corresponding rejection of primitive...

Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury BBC News - Archbishop of Canterbury 'furious over' Church investment in Wonga This made ...

Antibiotic resistance: The last resort : Nature News & Comment Evolution is the weapon of choice for bacteria fighting the war on anti...

Lord Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury and unelected member of the bicameral UK Parliament's Upper Chamber As the Humanist marc...

Chimps have experimented with sex more than humans - life - 18 July 2013 - New Scientist Science is moving a little close to working out w...

Neanderthal. Why did we succeed and not him? First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain - life - 17 July 2013 - New Scientist It...

Australopithecus sediba Homo erectus The strange ape that's rewriting our family tree - life - 15 July 20...

A stone axe from near Shanghai, eastern China. May show a form of primitive writing. Photograph: AP Inscriptions found in Shanghai pre-d...

We spent a few days in Rome last month and took in the obligatory tour of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City to see the Michelangel...

A sick world in gorgeous close-up - health - 26 June 2013 - New Scientist This stunning image, published in today's New Scientist is...

Normal mouse testes. Streaks are healthy sperm tails Losing the “taste” for sperm | The Scicurious Brain, Scientific American Blog Networ...

Prof. Ian Stewart, Dr. Terry Pratchett and Prof. Jack Cohen I've previously blogged about the 'Ontological Argument' for god...

I had a brief encounter with a mouse the other day. Not one quite so dramatic as Burns' - it's a long while now since I followed a h...

Let’s learn to lose our lives for Christ, like a gift or a sacrifice. With Christ we lose nothing! — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 29, 2013...

In my back garden in Oxfordshire, England, I have a rather dilapidated horseshoe crab shell, a souvenir of a trip to Cape Cod a few years ag...

The Przewalski’s horse, Equus ferus przewalskii The last remaining wild horse, recently saved from extinction in Mongolia. First horses ...

Tiny Genomes May Offer Clues to First Plants and Animals | Quanta When we think of evolution in progress we almost always think of higher ...

Announcing the coveted Darwin Creationist Award 2013! Stand by for another summer of glorious moronitude as creationists struggle to put a...

We've all seen it. For some reason Creationists seem to think they've come up with an unanswerable question for 'Evolutionists&#...

Italian sparrow, Passer italiae While sitting enjoying the shade in a very hot Villa Borghese Park in Rome the other day [sniff!] I notic...

The Illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect. 8th century, Japan In the end, all theological apologetics boil down to one thing - causality...