What a surprise, the ‘Discovery Institute’ being dishonest, who would have thought it? [...]
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Here’s something that people with poor or no vision will be excited about: three patients had their sight restored in less than a month by contact lenses cultured with stem cells. [...]  June 5th, 2009 |  Tags: Stem Cell Research |  Category: Health, News, Science |  2 comments - (Comments are closed) | Petition promoting sense in the field of scientific debate following libel case against Simon Singh. [...] Top 10 newly discovered species unveiled – Telegraph. Interesting list of new species that have now been examined, catalogued, and filed. It includes seahorses, snakes, fish, and a white slug. But the one that really caught my attention – Microbacterium hatanonis. A species of bacteria that lives on … Hairspray! OK creationists, explain that. If [...] May 27th, 2009 | Tags: Discovered, Species | Category: Evolution, News, Science | Comments are closed | (Via both Pharyngula and Friendly Atheist) Oh boy, this is fun. The Spiritual Science Research Foundation appears to be a bunch of nits who attempt to put a scientific face on spirituality and the like. Now sure, the website looks slick and well presented, but don’t let that fool you. Dig just slightly under the [...] May 14th, 2009 | Tags: Prayer, Quackery, Research | Category: Religion, Science, Superstition | 10 comments - (Comments are closed) | This Jesus and Mo comic made me giggle (as always), and spurred me into writing… One of the big calls from the US Creationist and ID movements (although we all know they’re basically one and the same) is the idea that with Evolution you need to Teach kids both sides of the argument, and let them decide. [...] May 7th, 2009 | Tags: Critical Thinking | Category: Evolution, Religion, Science | Comments are closed | I heard this on the radio this morning on my journey to work. The National Secular Society is calling for all Hospital chaplains (of any denomination) to be funded by the Church rather than by the Hospital. BBC News Article [...] April 8th, 2009 | Tags: Alternative, CAM, Chaplains, Complementary, Medicine | Category: General, Health, News, Religion, Science | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) | According to some religious doctrines, all this was created just for us. Space, Stars, and Galaxies (dial-up warning, 1.4MB image file) Hardly seems likely now does it? Imagine sometime in the future someone manages to invent a time-machine, and then uses it to take herself, and a few modern, everyday devices back 2000 years or so. What would be the reaction of the local humans to such things as a gas-lighter, a motorbike, a walkie-talkie, or even a gun? [...] Reading the results of the survey linked in my previous article I was astounded with the apparent lack of understanding of the validity of science and the discoveries and theories that have resulted. The survey showed that there were not only a significant number of people that believed that evolution hadn’t been proved beyond a [...] Today Theos, an Theology think tank, have published the results of a survey carried out into UK public opinion on evolution and human origins. The results make for some interesting – if occasionally disturbing – reading. [...] March 2nd, 2009 | Tags: Charles Darwin, Survey | Category: Evolution, Religion, Science | 4 comments - (Comments are closed) | Looks like they found a fossil of Ray Comforts Crocaduck! Read more here. Looks like Ray isn’t always totally wrong! March 1st, 2009 | Tags: Crocaduck, Ray Comfort | Category: Evolution, News, Science | Comments are closed | So, Ray Comfort is still claiming that an atheist is someone who believes that nothing made everything Wrong Ray, very very wrong. [...] February 28th, 2009 | Tags: Big Bang, Goddidit, Ray Comfort | Category: Religion, Science | Comments are closed | The earliest footprints showing evidence of modern human foot anatomy and gait have been unearthed in Kenya. The 1.5-million-year-old footprints display signs of a pronounced arch and short, aligned toes, in contrast to older footprints. BBC News [...] February 27th, 2009 | Tags: Footprints, Homo erectus | Category: Human Origins, Science | Comments are closed | |
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