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I took this photo today, in a park in Oxford. It shows why intelligent design is a stupid idea. The white goose is almost certainly a hyb...

Comparative genomics of the tardigrades Hypsibius dujardini and Ramazzottius varieornatus | PLOS Biology There is something appealing ab...

Researchers sequenced whole genomes from five Canaanites skeletons found in Sidon, Lebanon. Photo Credit: Ali Hashisho/Reuters/Newscom Anc...

The Word of Faith Fellowship church in Sao Joaquim de Bicas, Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) They kept us as slaves: AP reveals clai...

In saliva, scientists have found hints that a “ghost” species of archaic human may have contributed genetic material to ancestor...

General Synod of the CofE, York. Photo credit: Reuters Leading evangelical condemns CofE General Synod: 'God's word was mocked o...

Is Christianity in crisis? Our survey reveals 9 out of 10 ordinary Christians feel marginalised As Christianity continues to dwindle in...

The sex chromosome Z of male zebra finches comes in two variants. Males who possess a copy of these variant each have particular reproduct...

Escarpia laminata . Image Credit: Chemo III project, BOEM and NOAA OER Is this Gulf of Mexico tubeworm the longest living animal in the wor...

Pastor Paseka Motsoeneng, aka Prophet Mboro Pastor Paseka Motsoeneng is a very busy man and constantly at God's beck and call, but at le...

Beet armyworms on tomato leaves. A choice of nasty-tasting leaves or juicy sibling! Plants under attack can turn hungry caterpillars int...

Zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata . Source: Wikipedia Courtship song preferences in female zebra finches are shaped by developmental auditory...

Pope Francis is surrounded by children as he speaks with patients and caregivers at Bambino Gesu in December 2016. Credit:AP Photo/Alessan...

Msgr. Luigi Capozzi. Fun-loving Vatican insider with influence. The truth about the Vatican sex-and-drugs scandal | Catholic Culture I...

Diagram of production of carbon-14 in the upper atmosphere by reaction of neutrons with nitrogen, and of the subsequent incorpora...

Asiatic Yellow-striped Caecilian ( Ichthyophis kohtaoensis ) Photo credit: cowyeow (via Flickr) Stem caecilian from the Triassic of Color...

Neanderthal Out of Africa; new research explores drive behind early humanity's travels across the world - Royal Holloway, University of ...

Haematite tubes Haematite tubes from the NSB hydrothermal vent deposits that represent the oldest microfossils and evidence for life on Ea...

Urban house finch ( Carpodacus mexicanus ) nest. Credit: JerryFriedman/CC BY-SA 4.0 An experimental demonstration that house finches add ...

Peter Ball Groomed and abused 18 vulnerable boys and young men. Church 'colluded' with sex abuse bishop Peter Ball - BBC News ...

Bird caught in amber 100 million years ago is best ever found | New Scientist. It's not often we get to look at creatures from 100 mil...

Map of the main Middle to early Upper Triassic outcrops in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, highlighting the occurrence of...

Zombie soldier beetles: Epizootics in the goldenrod soldier beetle, Chauliognathus pensylvanicus (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) caused by Erynio...

Vetmeduni Vienna : Sensitivity to inequity is in wolves’ and dogs’ blood To listen to religious apologists you would think there is someth...

[left caption] [Right caption/credit] A composite reconstruction of what its discovers believe is the earliest known...

How did almost nothing end up making you? Don't tell the creationists and spoil their delusion but we've pretty much worked it out...

The grotesque random slaughter of innocent people, including young children, in the name of Islam, in Britain, France and Afghanistan by Mus...

A genetic signature of the evolution of loss of flight in the Galapagos cormorant | Science The thing about information is that it means n...

My latest book goes on sale today! It tells your story and how the stuff you are made of came to be and found itself on a tiny speck in t...

Geographic context, of the samples used in this study. Ancient Egyptian mummy genomes suggest an increase of Sub-Saharan African ancestry...

Several years ago I wrote a blog post based on a much earlier post I originally put in a CompuServe Forum (who remembers those?). It told th...

Catholic Research Forum Reports 3 - The 'no religion' population of Britain | The Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society Yet...

Life restoration of Zuul crurivastator . Credit: Danielle Dufault © Royal Ontario Museum New ankylosaurine from Montana | Open Sc...

It always amuses me how creationists often resort to "It's all around you! You only have to open your eyes and look!", when a...

Televangelist and Slave Owner, Ernest Angley Televangelist Ernest Angley ordered to pay $388,000 for using unpaid labor at...

Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, and Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby Co-signatories of the letter Church of England Election Letter...

Overt xenophibia, used during the United Kingdom EU referendum. Subconscious fear of infection may explain skepticism towards immigrants ...

Bonobo, Pan paniscus . Credit: iStock Bonobo anatomy reveals stasis and mosaicism in chimpanzee evolution, and supports bonobos as the most ...

Scanning electron micrograph of a mass of Yersinia pestis , apparently thriving inside Acanthamoeba castellanii . Plague Bacteria Take Re...

Panoramic view of an ice cliff inside the Scărișoara Ice Cave, where the research was done. Credit: Gigi Fratila & Claudiu Szabo Ice...