Atheists applaud the Biden Administration for restoring critical religious equality protections.
The FFRF rallies opposition to political participation in the National Prayer Breakfast.
Germany is one of the least religious countries in the world.
I don’t care to insult the dead prophet but his extremist followers are an insult to me.
George Pell: what the five-year royal commission into child sexual abuse found.
Ron DeSanctimonious and his “War on Woke” in higher education continues. I wonder if he will be sprayed with confetti if he goes to Fort Lauderdale in April?
Missouri’s abortion ban declares ‘Almighty God is the author of life’.
Atheist group demands sheriff stop promoting jail baptisms.
World of Woo: Cooking with Gas.
Environment: Climate Trauma is not exactly PTSD. It’s a new kind of trauma.
A key part of the Big Bang Theory remains elusive to us.
Navigating the ethics of ancient human DNA research.
Visibility of stars in the night sky declines faster than previously thought.
Science won’t ever make philosophy or religion obsolete.
Long Reads: An art treasure long cherished by Muslims is deemed offensive. But to whom? There are no seats for passive auditors in this Professor’s final class on philosophy. A new Supreme Court case could turn every workplace into a religious battleground. There is no Planet B. AI is here: Are we finally ready to rethink the value of being human?
Sunday Book Club: Awe: The new Science of Everyday Wonder and how it can transform your Life.
Some photographs taken last week.
While you are waiting for the kettle to boil……
Coffee Break Video: What lies beyond the Solar System? Blue Marble now, 50 years on. What the discovery of exoplanets reveals about the universe. Poetry at the Earth’s poles.