An update by the author of "A Universe from Nothing" on his thoughts, as a theoretical physicist, about the value of the discipline of philosophy

Has Physics Made Philosophy and Religion Obsolete?

For decades, cosmic theories have relied on dark matter — which exerts gravitational pull but emits no light — to be the hidden scaffolding that explains how structure arose in the Universe, how galaxies formed and how the rapidly spinning Milky Way manages to keep from flying apart.

Something From Nothing - An evening with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss - Canberra

It’s Time for the US To Finally Sign the Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Why Are Religious Beliefs Off Limits?

Why we need college degrees more than
we need faith

Tensions between religion and science will persist unless believers recognise that skepticism is a hallmark of science.

Outward displays of belief in God have become a proxy for trustworthiness in the US. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

Gingrich’s wasteful, scientifically unsound
plan to put colonists on lunar soil.

Newt Gingrich
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