Archive for September, 2007
September 28th, 2007 / Science /
Last night I was visited by this magnificent lifeform and I grabbed my camera. Even funnier that I had just watched Pan's Labyrinth which has a central character modeled after ...
September 26th, 2007 / Atheism, Newswire, Religion /
Police in Pennsylvania and Delaware are trying to figure out who vandalized two churches this week, authorities said. In Pottstown, the outer walls of Zion's United Church ...
September 25th, 2007 / Newswire, Religion, Science /
LONDON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- British and other European researchers have found a way to induce out-of-body experiences using virtual reality goggles. The researchers, who used the ...
September 25th, 2007 / Energy Transition, Science /
For years we've been hearing about increases in "antibiotic-resistant bacteria." This was a troubling enough development. Not being a microbiologist, I assumed that the problem was ...
September 24th, 2007 / Singularity /
The Singularity Summit was held earlier this month in San Francisco. Audio of all the sessions is available at no charge. There's been considerable ...
September 23rd, 2007 / Atheism, Religion /
Here's a shout-out to Pastor James L. Evans, who demonstrated some real understanding of why atheism is on the rise. Put simply, it is because ...
September 21st, 2007 / Atheist of the Week /
Steven Pinker is a respected experimental psychologist, popular science writer, and academic ping-pong ball bouncing back and forth from MIT to Harvard, currently residing in the ...
September 20th, 2007 / Humor, Newswire, Science /
Yogi Guru Appropriates Term "Nanotechnology"
As could be expected after witnessing their rank abuse of the term "quantum," it was only a matter of time before the meme-thieves in the ...
September 13th, 2007 / Atheist of the Week /
Ever read Polish science fiction? What about Polish science fiction written by an atheist, for whom arguing theology with Karol Wojtyla (better known as Pope John Paul ...
September 13th, 2007 / Newswire, Society /
Social humiliation of women who look too attractive has now spread from German buses (previous post) to U.S. planes. Southwest Airlines (which founder Herb Kelleher had ironically dubbed "the ...
September 11th, 2007 / Humor, Newswire, Television /
I'm a little late to the lovefest, I know. But thank god with a small "g" that someone was willing to get up at the Emmys and not thank ...
September 11th, 2007 / Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Religion, Religion Inspired Murders /
On this sixth anniversary of the Islamic atrocity in New York City, I dedicate this article to the victims, for whom both religious morality and the ...
September 8th, 2007 / Energy Transition, Newswire, Science /
The Greenland ice cap is melting so quickly that it is triggering earthquakes as pieces of ice several cubic kilometres in size break off. Scientists monitoring events ...
September 8th, 2007 / Religion, Television /
More than Jesus Camp, more than Alexandra Pelosi's Friends of God, Christiane Amanpour's God's (Christian) Warriors alternately scared, stunned and infuriated me. Scared because I was ...
September 6th, 2007 / Newswire, Religion /
SAN FRANCISCO - A cross that stands 8 feet tall in the vast Mojave National Preserve must come down, a federal appeals court ruled in invalidating a congressionally endorsed land ...
September 5th, 2007 / Current Affairs, Energy Transition /
Arctic ice loss is "stunning" — total loss possible by 2030, scientists warn
The maiden over at Hells Handmaiden has been running a series recently ...
September 4th, 2007 / Humor, Newswire /
Richardson: God Scheduling Primaries
Sioux City, Ia. - God's will is for Iowa to have the first-in-the-nation caucus, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson told a crowd here Monday.
"Iowa, for good ...
September 3rd, 2007 / Humor, Newswire, Religion /
During August, the air, already heavy with humidity from afternoon thundershowers or typhoon downpours, thickens with the mist from incense and the smoke from piles of gilded paper burnt in ...
September 3rd, 2007 / Atheism, Newswire, Religion /
Ron Ferguson is at it again. Last week he fell into the rhetorical trap of using the metaphor of religion to insult Dawkins (previous post). Now, with "The ...
September 1st, 2007 / Current Affairs /
A new site has emerged for exposing corruption worldwide, both institutional and governmental. Based on a wiki style posting mechanism, its goal is to assist ...