1. Bizarre Anti-Spore Website Takes Issue WIth Stance On Creationism

Comment #244852 by Synchronium on September 9, 2008 at 3:08 pm

Why didn't the religious people kick off about Doom, XCOM, Quake or any other game that doesn't centre around organising a Vicar's tea party?

Maybe they do about all games and I've never noticed...

2. Closest Look Ever At Edge Of A Black Hole

Comment #243983 by Synchronium on September 8, 2008 at 5:53 am

DamnDirtyApe, Quetzalcoatl - Fingers crossed for the first headcrab sighting.

3. VOICES OF SCIENCE - Available Now on DVD

Comment #211465 by Synchronium on July 16, 2008 at 3:47 am

Josh: Will there be a torrent of the final article eventually?

4. VOICES OF SCIENCE - Available Now on DVD

Comment #211224 by Synchronium on July 15, 2008 at 4:03 pm

Any torrent seeders? Shipping from America costs a king's ransom. :-(

5. Debating creationism in Louisiana schools

Comment #191656 by Synchronium on June 11, 2008 at 12:13 pm

Good to see the issue being discussed on telly. Not watched it yet though. Anyone got a direct download link?

6. Hints of structure beyond the visible universe

Comment #191141 by Synchronium on June 10, 2008 at 9:34 am

If you look at the original article, it's 10^100 (ten to the power of one hundred). Sub- and superscript formatting often seems to get killed.

7. Court Claim: Chimps Are People, Too

Comment #191135 by Synchronium on June 10, 2008 at 9:24 am

SOLUTION: Get someone to have sex with the chimp for a bit and see if they have some sort of offspring.

If no, or the offspring is sterile, it's not a human.


EDIT: That does not mean I think chimps deserve any less than humans, but would simply help with classification.

8. The 14-year-old Afghan suicide bomber

Comment #191024 by Synchronium on June 10, 2008 at 6:00 am

What have we been doing over there for the past 7 years if this is still going on?

9. The 14-year-old Afghan suicide bomber

Comment #191004 by Synchronium on June 10, 2008 at 4:46 am

Comment #191002 by Epinephrine on June 10, 2008 at 4:39 am

While I am enough of a a stickler to get annoyed when grammar is abused, and also have a preference for archaic spellings, I have of late begun to appreciate that language does change and that opposing it simply out of nostalgia or spite isn't sufficient.

10. The 14-year-old Afghan suicide bomber

Comment #190990 by Synchronium on June 10, 2008 at 3:49 am

Ok, you win this one... :)

Wait, there's a typo on pp112 of The Extended Phenotype, so we both win, right?

11. The 14-year-old Afghan suicide bomber

Comment #190983 by Synchronium on June 10, 2008 at 3:30 am

This is just shocking. In the end, this would have done far MORE permanent damage to the child than any paedophile.

Oh, and Richard, paedophile has an 'a' in it. Last time I checked, you were from Oxford. :D

12. How Are Humans Unique?

Comment #184445 by Synchronium on May 25, 2008 at 9:36 am

As far as I'm aware, we're the only species with tcp/ip capabilities.

13. Sun's properties not 'fine-tuned' for life

Comment #183534 by Synchronium on May 22, 2008 at 8:26 am

I like reading New Scientist articles on here. There's no incredibly annoying flash adverts all over the place!

14. Scientists discover 'frogamander' fossil

Comment #183470 by Synchronium on May 22, 2008 at 6:56 am

Frogamander! Genius!

15. Geeks and Guinness: the formula for sexy science

Comment #182411 by Synchronium on May 20, 2008 at 3:05 am

I wrote an interesting article on the ethics of ageing for a module of my degree. I might post it somewhere...

16. Except for Dr. Richards cat...

Comment #165325 by Synchronium on April 21, 2008 at 10:45 am

If only...

17. 10 cc of atheism

Comment #162852 by Synchronium on April 17, 2008 at 2:59 pm

So what did happen in that episode? Did anybody see it? I stopped watching House before the end of last season... now I'm wishing I hadn't.

18. Over half of Britons claim no religion

Comment #131283 by Synchronium on February 22, 2008 at 7:17 am

Encouraging news!

19. Richard Dawkins talks about The God Delusion

Comment #122795 by Synchronium on February 6, 2008 at 5:14 am

As for the morality issue - well, I am about as bored with this as the Prof must be in having to constantly address it.

20. Admitting that you have no religion is not politically correct

Comment #122007 by Synchronium on February 4, 2008 at 1:33 pm

Worst. University. Ever.

21. US scientists close to creating artificial life: study

Comment #115945 by Synchronium on January 25, 2008 at 5:29 am

I shall celebrate this news with a gramme of Soma!

22. Death Sentence for Afghan Student

Comment #115306 by Synchronium on January 24, 2008 at 1:35 am

Muhammad gets on my tits more and more every day...

23. Mixing Mammals

Comment #115120 by Synchronium on January 23, 2008 at 3:38 pm

Just how long are these forelimbs?

We need pictures, damnit!

24. Three Little Pigs 'too offensive'

Comment #115107 by Synchronium on January 23, 2008 at 3:10 pm

I think it's offensive to builders to suggest that a builder might be offended by it.

Builders don't sit around reading kids books.

25. Life-Forming Chemicals Found in Distant Galaxy

Comment #114479 by Synchronium on January 22, 2008 at 9:33 am

It'll be interesting to see if any glycine is found. Although, even if it were found, all it would mean is that glycine is present, not life itself.

A step in the right direction, I suppose...

26. Banishing the Green-Eyed Monster

Comment #114366 by Synchronium on January 22, 2008 at 4:43 am

Everyone belongs to everyone else, right?

27. Gay Jesus play blasted by bishop

Comment #114064 by Synchronium on January 21, 2008 at 9:55 am

I agree with rtificialhabitat, and indeed everyone else pointing out the delicious irony.

28. Vatican slams California firm's cloning experiments

Comment #114061 by Synchronium on January 21, 2008 at 9:44 am

I think they only protest because, going by their infallable logic, they can't decide whether those embryos have souls.

If the soul is apparently created upon conception, this just leaves the vatican with a headache.

Idgits.

29. Richard Dawkins on The Late Edition with Marcus Brigstocke

Comment #110021 by Synchronium on January 10, 2008 at 10:02 am

Oh, and I would TOTALLY buy a RD doll if one of the things is says is "I've got a cold".

That would be incredible.

30. Richard Dawkins on The Late Edition with Marcus Brigstocke

Comment #109967 by Synchronium on January 10, 2008 at 7:27 am

...But what IS Richard's favourite packet of crisps?!

If it's red flavour, I'm becoming muslim.

31. New attempt to end blasphemy law

Comment #109687 by Synchronium on January 9, 2008 at 1:44 pm

If this is something we never use anyway, I don't see how anyone could refuse.

32. Another critic who hasn't read the book

Comment #109181 by Synchronium on January 8, 2008 at 2:09 pm

I'd love to see the spin they give a *negative* review. :)

33. Stop House Resolution 888

Comment #108947 by Synchronium on January 8, 2008 at 2:49 am

Nineteen Eighty Four anyone?

34. Can Atheists Be Parents?

Comment #107715 by Synchronium on January 5, 2008 at 3:34 am

If I was religious, this is one more thing I'd be incredibly embarrassed about.

35. The Transcendental Argument for God

Comment #81700 by Synchronium on October 25, 2007 at 3:52 am

The forces that gave rise to me are a damn sight more rational than those responsible for conjouring up an imaginary god, even if I don't understand them.

36. If you don't accept the supernatural, you obviously think life is depressing, meaningless and cold

Comment #81697 by Synchronium on October 25, 2007 at 3:51 am

If anything, a life without the supernatual is a lot more fulfilling than one with.
What's the point of moping about, being on your best behaviour, waiting for whatever afterlife may await you? Religious people treat this life more like a dodgey train connection, whiling away the hours until they reach their destination. If you're not always waiting for the next life, you're a lot more able to enjoy the one you have now to its fullest, appreciating everything the universe has to offer.

A life without a god can actually be lived.