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Alzheimer's brain plaques 'rapidly cleared' in mice
James Gallagher - BBC Health - 09 February 2012 3 Comments
Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients have been rapidly cleared by researchers testing a cancer drug on mice. The US study, published in the journal Science, reported...
Pope 'exorcised two men in the Vatican', claims new book
Nick Squires - The Telegraph - 09 February 2012 54 Comments
Thanks to Steve Zara for the link. The Pope has performed an exorcism, according to claims made in a new book Photo: GETTY In a new book, Father Amorth, the exorcist for the diocese of...
Cardinal Edward Egan Just Withdrew His Apology for the Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal
Michael Brendan Dougherty - BusinessInsider.com - 09 February 2012 40 Comments
St. John Chrysostom once said , "The road to hell is paved with the skulls of bishops." Here's proof that he was right. In an interview this week with Connecticut Magazine, Cardinal Edward...
Gene therapy 'gave me sight back'
Helen Briggs - BBC News - Health - 09 February 2012 12 Comments
Three US citizens who lost their sight in childhood have reported a dramatic improvement in vision after having gene therapy in both eyes. There was some improvement after the genetic fault in...
Zebra stripes evolved to keep biting flies at bay
Victoria Gill - BBC Nature - 09 February 2012 16 Comments
The team placed the sticky model horses in a fly-infested field Why zebras evolved their characteristic black-and-white stripes has been the subject of decades of debate among scientists. ...
America and Eurasia 'to meet at north pole'
Neil Bowdler - BBC News Science & Environment - 09 February 2012 11 Comments
America and Eurasia will crash into each other over the North Pole in 50-200 million years time, according to scientists at Yale University. They predict Africa and Australia will join the new...
Rare Martian meteorite given to science
Anna-Marie Lever, Jonathan Amos - BBC News Science & Environment - 09 February 2012 4 Comments
Dr Caroline Smith, Natural History Museum: Meteorite "most exciting in my career" A Martian meteorite, an incredibly rare object, has been given to science to help unravel the Red Planet's...
Seth Andrews - YouTube - TheThinkingAtheist - 09 February 2012 8 Comments
On March 24th at the National Mall in Washington D.C., the largest gathering of secular men, women and youth will take place. It's free, and people are traveling from across the nation (and even...
Fri. Feb10, 1pm EST - Rebroadcast of Lawrence Krauss/Richard Dawkins ASU event
- - Simon & Schuster - 09 February 2012 8 Comments
Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins discussed "Something from Nothing" on Feb 4, 2012 at ASU. The event (posted here on rd.net) will be rebroadcast on Friday 10 February at 1pm EST (GMT-5)....
Jerry Coyne - Why Evolution Is True - 08 February 2012 38 Comments
Technician online.com , which appears to be the student newspaper from North Carolina State University, has a new editorial called “ Evolution: theory not fact ” by deputy viewpoint editor Madison...
Canadian imams issue fatwa against honor killings
Ron Csillag - The Washington Post - 08 February 2012 100 Comments
Thanks to Helga Vierich for the links TORONTO — Muslim clerics in Canada have issued a fatwa against so-called “honor killings” a week after three members of an Afghan family in Montreal...
The faithful must learn to respect those who question their beliefs
Lawrence Krauss - The Guardian - 08 February 2012 44 Comments
Outward displays of belief in God have become a proxy for trustworthiness in the US. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP Issues of personal faith can be a source of respectful debate and discussion....
LA Black Atheist Group Calls For ‘Day Of Solidarity’ In February
- - CBS - Los Angeles - 08 February 2012 19 Comments
Via BoingBoing In a month when iconic spiritual leaders in the African-American community are honored across the nation, one group wants the world to know that church leaders don’t speak for...
Mayor, City of Kamloops BC - Kamloops BC, Canada - 08 February 2012 29 Comments
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Calls to Behead Indonesian Atheist Alexander Aan
Presi Mandari - Jakarta Globe - 07 February 2012 166 Comments
Change.org petition Atheist Alliance Legal Support Fund (Thanks to Shem for the link) A defiant declaration of atheism by an Indonesian civil servant has inflamed passions in the world’s...
Antarctic lake success 'uncertain'
- - BBC News Science & Environment - 07 February 2012 17 Comments
Vostok is the largest of several bodies of water buried under the Antarctic ice It is not yet clear whether Russian scientists have succeeded in their quest to drill into Lake Vostok. ...
Dawkins made it to my Sociology class
Omer Kamal Bin Farooq - The Express Tribune (Pakistan) - 07 February 2012 17 Comments
A Pakistani undergraduate class was shown a Richard Dawkins documentary in a sociology course. DESIGN: SIDRAH MOIZ Growing up in a society that discouraged asking too many questions , I often...
"Global Warming Has Stopped"? How to Fool People Using "Cherry-Picked" Climate Data
Peter Gleick - Forbes - 07 February 2012 41 Comments
Via National Center for Science Education - see their new climate change section The current favorite argument of those who argue that climate changes isn’t happening, or a problem, or worth...
Freedom of Religion and The Secular State
Russell Blackford - Embiggen Books - Melbourne Australia - 06 February 2012 12 Comments
Russell Blackford at Embiggen Books from Embiggen Books on Vimeo . For those that missed our world premier Book Launch of Freedom of Religion and The Secular State with Russell...
'Supergiant' crustacean found in deepest ocean
Rebecca Morelle - BBC News Science & Environment - 06 February 2012 33 Comments
Dr Ashley Rowden, scientist: "It's great to be on a ship when something unusual comes up on deck" A huge crustacean has been found lurking 7km down in the waters off the coast of New Zealand....
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