From the Richard Dawkins Foundation Newsletter. Subscribe here. Here in the United States, July 4 is our Independence Day, a holiday that not only marks our break with the British Empire 245 years ago, but also celebrates the ideal image of America as a nation made up of independent spirits; a population of millions of individuals …

In a time when access to limitless information is immediately available in our pockets and at our fingertips, misinformation and falsehoods can spread further and faster than ever before. Critical thinking has never been more important, and the stakes have never been higher. On the latest Skeptical Inquirer Presents, host Leighann Lord welcomed physicist David …

Many of those who have lost themselves to the QAnon universe of conspiracy theories firmly believe that leading Democrats and Hollywood celebrities operate a global child-trafficking network of Satan-worshiping pedophiles. As ridiculous as that sounds, it’s only the most recent example of how people can be manipulated by playing upon the desire to protect our …

No one knows Nones like Ryan Burge. The so-called “rise of the Nones”—the growing numbers of the religiously unaffiliated in the United States, which includes atheists and agnostics—has been the subject of countless think pieces, op-eds, and hot takes. But perhaps no one has delved so deeply into the data about this ascendant demographic than …

From the Richard Dawkins Foundation Newsletter. Subscribe here. Here in the United States, July 4 is our Independence Day, a holiday that not only marks our break with the British Empire 245 years ago, but also celebrates the ideal image of America as a nation made up of independent spirits; a population of millions of individuals …

In too many parts of the Muslim world, apostasy and blasphemy are “crimes” punishable by long prison terms, outlandish fines, and even death. And when the state opts not to inflict such penalties on the accused, often angry mobs or lone vigilantes will do it for them.  Jailed in 2016 on blasphemy charges over sketches …

The truth is out there, and it’s not that interesting. The eagerly anticipated Pentagon report on unidentified aerial phenomena has finally been released to the public, and all we learned was that, yes, there are a few examples of aerial phenomena that have yet to be identified.  Though the report contains not a single mention …