After complaints about religious greetings at an Air Force base, Hegseth called the Military Religious Freedom Foundation a “radical anti-Christian, pro-atheist group”. But the fact that most complainants were themselves Christians rather ruins his ‘atheists vs Christians’ framing.
Hindu man threatens to kill an atheist because imaginary Ganesh needs noise pollution.
Schools in Kentucky and Tennessee have been legally told to stop ignoring the Constitution. Secularism isn’t anti-religion. A Christian child shouldn’t have an atheist chemistry teacher spending lesson time explaining why Christianity is false either.
A foreign nation is still in charge of the publicly funded Irish school system.
A state empowered to determine permissible theology possesses exactly the machinery required to punish apostasy and unbelief. Once the state decides that it can adjudicate who counts as a legitimate believer, disbelief is hardly likely to fare better.
The state should neither practice your religion nor prevent you practicing it merely because you work for the state.
Christian missionaries were not kicked out of Burning Man for preaching the Gospel.
World of Woo: Epigenetics is powerful, but it is also very easy to over-interpret.
Environment: The United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming harms.
The Ig Nobels remain one of science’s best institutions because the joke is rarely the whole point.
Life began when chemistry became Darwinian?
I said I was done with MAHA but this is bad as America doesn’t merely get worse public health, it also loses scientific leadership.
Genetically modified pig kidney keeps man alive for record nine months.
Can someone possibly see the edge of spacetime?
Yes, “the universe as a whole can be regarded as timeless” but No to “Time is real, and time does have a direction.”
The Appeal of the Irrational.
Science uncovers how the brain interprets artistic beauty.
Sunday Book Club: All the Feels
Some photographs taken last week.
While you are waiting for the kettle to boil.
Coffee Break Videos: Christian minister is unaware of what the Bible says. Debunking Creationists Speech at NaNoCon 2026.
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