Before you read this: if you have an allergy to stupidity don't read this. "Journalist" Ron Rosenbaum has written an article for Slate Magazien called An Agnostic Manifesto. In the article he takes the agnostic fence sitting to its illogical conclusion. He has taken his misunderstanding of agnosticism, and mixed it with the holier than [...]

This rant is about libertarians (also known as closeted anarchists) who will be called "libbys" in this post. I'm not referring to all self proclaimed "libertarians", many only call them selfs "libertarians" because they don't like other labels and just want to be different. I'm referring to the other kind of libby: the closeted anarchist. [...]

Evolution leads to atheism and atheism The first thing wrong with this stupid argument is that its a slippery slope fallacy. Even if it were true, it has no baring on the validity of the theory or fact of evolution. The biggest flaw in the argument is that evolution doesn't lead to atheism. The fact [...]

Look at the world. How could all of that just come about by accident or chance? Accident or chance its the same question. The argument is mostly used against evolution. Its based on the misconception that evolution is just random chance. Its not of course. While random mutations play a big role in evolution its [...]

The irreducible complexity argument was developed by Michael Behe and first used in his book Darwin's Black Box. The argument is that some biological systems are so complex that they can not have evolved though mutation and natural selection; it you remove one peace, it brakes, it no longer functions. Creationists often use the analogy [...]

"Amphibian horror" isn't a movie genre, but on this evidence perhaps it should be. Harvard biologists have described a bizarre, hairy frog with cat-like extendable claws. Trichobatrachus robustus actively breaks its own bones to produce claws that puncture their way out of the frog's toe pads, probably when it is threatened. David Blackburn and colleagues [...]

This small leather jacket is make from mice embryonic stem cells. It is (was if its after may 12th) an exhibit at the "Design and the Elastic Mind" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. But sadly, it has died. It grew to large and the artists had to kill it. “started growing, [...]

Ben Stein (Click here, click on the “Behind the Scenes” tab, and go to the video for April 21th) Stein: When we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. [PZ] Myers, talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them [...]

Cosmic strings observed in background radiation Traces of vast cosmic strings have been found in radiation from the early universe, a controversial new study says. If confirmed to exist, cosmic strings could offer an unprecedented window into the extreme physics of the infant universe. Snags in the fabric of space may have developed a fraction [...]

Contact Lenses With Circuits, Lights A Possible Platform For Superhuman Vision Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or create virtual crosshairs. Off the screen, virtual displays have been proposed for more practical purposes -- [...]