A Hundred Walked Out of My Lecture
Atheism UK Distinguished Supporter Dr Sue Blackmore recently attempted to deliver a lecture to a group of 17-18 year olds in Oxford. What followed was a prime example of how…
A cognitive theory of religion
Public lecture: Middlesex University, Tuesday 13th May at 4pm (more…)
Inside Britian’s Creationist Schools
Please note corrected date for this event – 19th May (more…)
Evolutionary Puzzle Solved
An unknown matter within evolutionary biology (one of the "gaps" if you will), the question of why insects that are poor mimics of more dangerous creatures still avoid getting eaten…
Confirmed: All Non-Africans Part Neanderthal
It has been confirmed from a build up of evidence that a section of the human X chromosome derives from interbreeding with Neanderthals. Article from io9
Why Is There Only One Human Species?
Not so very long ago, we shared this planet with several other species of human, all of them clever, resourceful and excellent hunters, so why did only Homo sapiens survive?…
Large Brains Evolved Because of Smells
An interesting article on the BBC Nature site. Some evidence has been revealed that the larger mammalian brain evolved as a result of the development of the sense of smell. ... yet…
Humans Evolved From Fish
One of my favourite comebacks that I read on a blog recently was when an atheistic scientist was talking to a creationist and the creationist stated "I don't come from…
Pope Tries Science – Fail!
The Pope has tried his hand at evolutionary biology and failed miserably! According to him Humanity is not a product of evolution...which is random... Firstly we ARE undoubtedly the product…
A New Fifth Element…?
Is the daffodil's trumpet a newly evolved flower part? More clues and evidence for evolution, but far more pretty! From BBC Science.