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October 2015

October 15, 2015

That’s no moon. That’s a …

We really need a better, catchier name for this star than KIC 8462852. Not just...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

Each night I wait to get caught

Speaker of the House John Boehner is stepping down and resigning from Congress next month...

September 10, 2015

If nothing is sacred, then everything is for sale

"Sacred" does not mean that something "is beyond question." It means that something is beyond...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

We dig our heels in and wonder who’s gonna win

"He was anti-abortion. ... Rusty had an issue with feminine rights. He was opposed to...

June 2015

June 13, 2015

Should the dragons on ‘Game of Thrones’ have feathers?

Back in 1993, scientists hadn't yet learned what they know today about feathered dinosaurs. So...

December 2014

December 13, 2014

They don’t make Republicans like that anymore

Here's a terrific bit of American history from Glenn Branch. In the February 1916 issue...

September 2014

September 17, 2014

Of ‘croco-ducks’ and the Zeno’s paradox shell-game of creationism

Unlike Kirk Cameron, the professional hucksters driving young-Earth creationism -- the Ken Hams and Al...

September 08, 2014

Feel our souls wear out and our laces break

Some Monday morning links, including: Joseph and the Appalling Totalitarian Despot revisited; our credit overlords...

July 2014

July 15, 2014

I see the skull beneath the skin

Pacifists still have to pay for bullets, but they're allowed to discriminate against LGBT students....

May 2014

May 29, 2014

Anti-abortion activist says Obama’s presidential library will be just like Heaven

Erasing those women -- eliminating them from our imagining -- is probably the second-most horrifying...

May 28, 2014

Creationist counterfeit teams up with genuine Neo-Confederate

This spectacular, 30-foot-long, 10-foot-high specimen clearly doesn't belong in the Creation Museum. It clashes. The...

April 2014

April 03, 2014

Young-Earth creationism and the problem of telescopes (part 2)

Young-Earth creationism involves more phlebotinum than any science fiction or fantasy epic ever written. And...

April 03, 2014

Young-Earth creationism and the light of distant stars

Look, for example, at that really bright star ... no, not that one. That's not...

March 2014

March 18, 2014

Science for non-scientists open thread — primordial which?

"Talk to me like I'm stupid," Ta-Nehisi Coates says when he asks his readers about...

March 05, 2014

Bible secrets concealed: How lying is mandatory for white evangelical institutions (part 2)

Duplicity is built into the structure of evangelical institutions -- colleges, seminaries, publishing houses, magazines....

March 04, 2014

Misstatements of faith: How lying is mandatory for white evangelical institutions (part 1)

You can spend thousands of dollars to study biology or biblical studies at Bryan College....

February 2014

February 19, 2014

Q & A

Richard Feynman answers questions from the audience at the Creation Museum (with some help from...

February 12, 2014

People have not always had domesticated camels. Or tomatoes. Or science.

Today, we have science. We're so accustomed to this that we assume we've always had...

February 04, 2014

Teaching young-Earth creationism is a sin

A much-publicized "debate" between science advocate Bill Nye ("The Science Guy") and young-Earth creationist Ken...

January 2014

January 21, 2014

Religious meteorology needs more rigorous science

This coming October 23 there will be a partial solar eclipse. NASA claims that this...

January 08, 2014

Cain’s wife and Tubal-cain’s sonic screwdriver

"Who did Cain marry?" you asked back in Sunday school. And what you may have...

January 08, 2014

‘Bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh’

"Homo sapiens evolved in Africa about 200,000 years ago, and then humans expanded out of...

September 2013

September 04, 2013

7 more things that are older than (Ken Ham’s) Adam

Ken Ham and other young-Earth creationists tell us the universe is 6,000 years old. The...

August 2013

August 25, 2013

Hic Sunt Dracones

We can make maps today that are clearer, more accurate and more complete than this...

August 24, 2013

Saying grace: Boom-de-yada, boom-de-yada

Science blogs tend to celebrate their heroes, and the heroes they celebrate are often people...

August 13, 2013

The bad faith of climate-deniers cannot be denied

If ice and dirt are not capable of willfully acting in bad faith, then the...

August 08, 2013

8 more things that are older than Adam

Ken Ham and other young-Earth creationists maintain that the universe is about 6,000 years old....

August 04, 2013

Why Millennials are leaving the church

Very often, it's because the church lied to them. Specifically, it's often because the church...

May 2013

May 23, 2013

Ignorance loves company: Four examples

Ignorance loves company. The truly stupid resent those who are not and won't be satisfied...

April 2013

April 20, 2013

Senators clarify the terms of the disagreement

We can all get along. We can all agree that one side of this issue...