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February 2015

February 14, 2015

Why Science Tells Us Not to Rely on Eyewitness Accounts

The Scientific American reports on the dodginess of eyewitness testimony. This is interesting in light...

February 05, 2015

Scientists pledge to increase interference with the Church

Usually, you expect biting satire to come from The Onion, or Private Eye. this unexpected...

January 2015

January 29, 2015

Quote for the Day: D Rizdek on naturalism

Over on another post and thread, D Rizdek is doing a fantastically erudite job of...

January 02, 2015

Get your skeptical needs fulfilled! Do it!

Some of the writers here at SIN have contributed to an anthology called 13 Reasons...

December 2014

December 13, 2014

Guest post: a request about homosexuality and genetics

Here is a guest post from someone (a South American who wants to remain anonymous)...

December 02, 2014

House Passes A Bill That Restricts Scientists From Advising The EPA

By a vote of 229-191, the House has just passed a GOP-sponsored bill to ensure...

November 2014

November 22, 2014

ESPN Suspends One Of Their Reporters For Defending Theory Of Evolution On Twitter

From Addicting Info: In between clips of touchdowns and postgame interviews with sweaty athletes, ESPN...

October 2014

October 22, 2014

DeGrasse Tyson – best sermon ever?

This is a great way to spend 10 minutes:

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Counter Apologist’s riposte to William Lane Craig on the Kalam

Counter Apologist has produced an awesome series detailing issues with William Lane Craig's Kalam Cosmological...

July 2014

July 27, 2014

Astrology can help healthcare, says MP on science committee

Oh bloody dear. The BBC: Astrology-loving MP seeks health answers in the stars A Conservative...

July 27, 2014

Astrology can help healthcare, says MP on science committee

Oh bloody dear. The BBC: Astrology-loving MP seeks health answers in the stars A Conservative...

July 20, 2014

The exactitude of human evolution up in the air

So human evolution in its African context has been hotly researched, but the research is...

July 14, 2014

Scientists discover that atheists might not exist, and that’s not a joke (plus rebuttal)

Metaphysical thought processes are more deeply wired than hitherto suspected WHILE MILITANT ATHEISTS like Richard...

July 12, 2014

Deepak Chopra vs Prof Brian Cox. FIGHT!!!!

Good ole Brian Cox. I miss his wistful stares from mountaintops as he regales the...

July 10, 2014

On theists believing ridiculous, unscientific things, and Terror Management Theory

Over at another post of mine, we have been discussing whether religion can and should...

July 04, 2014

At Last!!! BBC staff told to stop inviting cranks onto science programmes

This is an issue that plagues every single media institution. Because the BBC is THE...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

Sensitive? Emotional? Empathetic? It could be in your genes

Do you jump to help the less fortunate, cry during sad movie scenes, or tweet...

June 15, 2014

My 3-year-old makes an evolutionary hypothesis

OK so my twins are almost 4, but that doesn't stop me being proud when...

June 10, 2014

Ancient Aliens and Modern UFOs

Good news, everyone! My talk for the Illini Secular Student Alliance at UIUC back in...

May 2014

May 15, 2014

Review of #TheUniverse: Ancient Mysteries Solved(?) — The Star of Bethlehem

A few weeks ago on the History Channel’s sister station, H2, the astronomy-based series The...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Science, Religion, Culture Journal – get it free

Gregg Caruso, an author on free will, is now editor-in-chief of a nascent open source...

April 22, 2014

Christianity and science. Again.

Here is a quote that I posted on the Daily Telegraph (eek) in the UK...

April 21, 2014

On psychology as science, and straw men

Some fellow tippling philosophers and myself are having an email exchange about psychology. It started...

April 16, 2014

Christianity is not responsible for science (part 2)

The other day I posted a piece refuting the notion that Christianity is somehow causally...

April 15, 2014

BHA President Jim Al-Khalili delivers 2014 Voltaire Lecture

The room was heaving in Conway Hall last night as British Humanist Association (BHA) President,...

April 13, 2014

Christianity is not responsible for science

This has come up in conversation elsewhere, so I thought I would resurrect this old...

April 13, 2014

Christianity is not responsible for science

Tihs has come up in conversation elsewhere, so I thought I would resurrect this old...

April 09, 2014

Machine Predicts If You’re Liberal or Conservative – More Evidence for Determinism

This article in Mother Jones builds on work which I, myself, talked about in my...

February 2014

February 14, 2014

The Water and the Flood

OK, so most people of neutral, skeptical or commonsensical persuasion understand that the global flood...

February 07, 2014

Before the Big Bang – Conformal Cyclic Cosmology explained

Another fascinating video from skydivephil, the pair whom I interviewed here (well worth checking out)....

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