DOJ updates guidance for first time since 2017 to reflect recent SCOTUS decisions that expand religious liberty.
Good News – Young Latinos are abandoning organized religion at a faster rate than any other demographic in the United States. More Good News – The LDS Church also have a serious retention problem.
Houston mothers’ bid for temporary hold on Ten Commandments posters in Texas classrooms denied.
Senate Republicans launch network of fake news sites.
Florida AG threat to Catholic schools ‘clear violation’ of the First Amendment, law scholar says.
As Pakistan’s army chief turns on hardline Islamist groups, blasphemy cases plummet.
World of Woo: The recipe for a human French fry.
Environment: Do small climate habits help or hurt the bigger cause?
Vera Rubin dares to disturb the Universe. Using AI to repeatedly observe billions of objects its algorithms discover patterns humans cannot see. Now our inner Universe is fully mapped. This new work reconstructs a complete diploid genome (both parents separately). AI observes billions of bases, millions of genomes and its algorithms discover relationships that humans cannot see.
20 findings from 6 Years of Skeptic Research Center surveys.
A doctor fact-checks HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s CNN interview although one graph can often tell us more.
The AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” than the humans.
What happens when hostility to knowledge becomes policy.
Ukraine: Some things are impossible to repair. One can only start anew.
How to become wise.
Is the Universe truly infinite in size?
Sunday Book Club: No Prophets; The fight to save Democracy from Christian Nationalists.
Some photographs taken last week.
While you are waiting for the kettle to boil.
Coffee Break Videos: How AI-powered drones are transforming warfare. The Golden Crocoduck Awards 2025. Santa comes back more often than Jesus. Suspicion is healthy pattern recognition.
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