University of Washington researchers have performed what they believe is the first noninvasive human-to-human brain interface, with one researcher able to send a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motions of a fellow researcher.
This report in The Freethinker details the importance of a robust vaccination programme for the health and wellbeing of citizens across the globe. This is science (bitches - ooh, Dawkins, so rude) and this is how it helps progress. Or, this is backward church anti-vax thinking, and this is how it
So, Aaron Adair's book is in pre-production, so to speak. Here is a potential cover which I think is pretty damned good. What do you think? Exciting stuff. [EDIT - how
In my last post about the various ways that the Star of Bethlehem from the Gospel of Matthew had been imagined, I talked about the folks that thought it was some sort of alien craft or UFO. When I wrote it, my best efforts to find the earliest claim to that came from Rev. Barry Downing in 1968. Howe
Jesus of Nazareth is attributed with saying many things. "Blessed are the meek" was one. "My kingdom is not of this world" was another. As far as we know, he never said, "This thing's never gonna fly unless my followers can secure a whole raft of legal, political and economic privileges."
Some time ago, one of my regular commenters steered me toward listening to this podcast. It is brilliant and well worth a listen, indeed. The notes for the podcast are: WHAT IF YOUR
Science Daily: Aug. 22, 2013 — Perhaps one of the most defining features of humanity is our capacity for empathy -- the ability to put ourselves in others' shoes. A new University of
Due to work commitments on Justin's part, we have had to postpone the hangout until Monday 2nd September at the same time, 4pm EST and 9pm GMT. Be there or be
Tristan Vick is a blogger and author who I have various dealings with online, not least of which is a co-edited book in the final stages of editing which we will release called Beyond An Absence Of Faith, an anthology of deconversion accounts which has been really fascinating to put together. Trista
Recently, Zytigon, a skeptic who comments on Debunking Christianity, noticed a comment on a anthropogenic global warming denial blog entry by a Johnathan Pearce, thought it was me, understandably. The spelling, though, is slightly different and this person was not me. I support the scientific consen
So, like Ed at Incredulous, I was pretty wowed by this piece of artwork by a poster on the subreddit CreativeAtheists which I spoke about before (created by one of our own SINners)
H/T High Wycombe Skeptics in the Pub. From the Freethinker: First they began gunning for The Gays, now religious Russian zealots are attacking … Pastafarians A PARADE of Pastafarians in Moscow at the