An elegant experiment has quashed a major objection to the theory that life on Earth originated with molecules of RNA.
John Sutherland and his colleagues from the University of Manchester, UK, created a ribonucleotide, a building block of RNA, from simple chemicals under conditions that might have existed on the early Earth.
The feat, never performed before, [...]

On the presumption that the universe must have a first cause, the latest fad in religious apologetics is the argument that the universe is so exceedingly complex that it could only come from the mind of a super intelligent being, namely God. Underlying this argument is the second presumption that the Bible is the word [...]

“Darwin chased God out of his old haunts in biology, and he scurried for safety down the rabbit hole of physics. The laws and constants of the universe, we were told, are too good to be true: a setup, carefully tuned to allow the eventual evolution of life. It needed a good physicist to show [...]

There is only one word for ‘n south african black man……. Kaffer, and there are endless other words to describe these k****s. Reckless, neglectful, insubordinate, cruel, inhumane. They have no means to feel any pain or remorse, and they can’t debate on simple matters, like traffic rules and laws.

The 2008 American Religious Identification Survey has just been released. Confirming earlier trends, the fasted growing segment of the American population is still the “Nones”, especially in the Northeast.

Bowling for Columbine did it to the gun culture.
Super Size Me did it to fast food.
Now The God Who Wasn’t There does it to religion.
Holding modern Christianity up to a bright spotlight, this bold and often hilarious new film asks the questions few dare to ask.
Your guide through the world of Christendom is former fundamentalist [...]