science

Religion meddling in Scientific progress in UK

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This week the UK’s MPs’ vote on a decision regarding mitochondrial gene therapy. You would think that the obvious rational decision should be “of course” because this is about making a dramatic change in the lives of those who might inherit a mitochondrial disease, which is passed on to children from mothers who possess mutations in the DNA … Read more

Weird Amazon Reviews – AudioQuest K2 Terminated Speaker Cable

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What do you do when faced with a speaker cable on Amazon that costs $13,000 Easy, you simply give it a review … however not a normal review, but rather one that completely takes the piss out of such an absurd price. So looking though the list, there are indeed a few gems such as … … Read more

Lawrence Krauss Debunks Eric Metaxas’ Fine-Tuning Argument

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Roughly about a month ago there was an article over on the Wall Street Journal entitled. “Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God.” by Eric Metaxas. Lawrence M. Krauss, a Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and Directors of the Origins Project at Arizona State University, attempted to reply, but the WSJ did not publish it, and … Read more

Announcement of 8 Earth-like planets – 2 are very earth like

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Hey now this is cool, the discovery of eight very earth-like planets has been announced So what are the details? Astronomers announced today that they have found eight new planets in the “Goldilocks” zone of their stars, orbiting at a distance where liquid water can exist on the planet’s surface. This doubles the number of … Read more

Catholic Church refuses to divest schools or respect human rights in Ireland

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Atheist Ireland reports on the latest developments … It is increasingly clear that the Catholic Church will not divest any schools to other patron bodies unless they are forced to do so. In fact they have reinforced their position of opposing human rights standards in education, by rejecting the Toledo Guiding Principles. Even Prof John Coolahan … Read more

Claim: “Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God.”

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Much to the surprise of many, there was a recent article over on the Wall Street Journal entitled. “Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God.” (sorry, but the WSJ article is behind a paywall, but a summary of it can be found here). This of course is not the only instance of such a claim, but rather is … Read more