Religion:
God's Eye View, which depicts four biblical events as if captured by Google Earth, is the work of The Glue Society, a collective of writers, designers and art/ film directors based in Sydney, Australia.Says Glue Society member James Dive:...
Posted on December 18, 2007 7:40 PM • 11 Comments •
The New York Times Magazine contains a long article about the close ties between evangelical Christians and the Republican party....
Posted on October 28, 2007 3:42 PM • 6 Comments •
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, the Malaysian orthopaedic surgeon aboard the Russian rocket that is now on its way to the International Space Station, can observe Ramadan and perform other acts of Muslim worship by following the guidelines set out in this...
Posted on October 11, 2007 6:14 PM • 3 Comments •
Below are a few quotes from this interview with theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson, whose new book, A Many-colored Glass, is about to be published.On science, religion and Richard Dawkins: I think it's only a small fraction of people who think...
Posted on September 30, 2007 5:21 PM • 15 Comments •
The word "zombie" usually brings to mind the creatures depicted in numerous horror films - the mindless, rotting "living dead" who shuffle with their arms stretched out in front of them, devouring the flesh of their victims. Zombies feature...
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Posted on September 13, 2007 1:30 PM • 4 Comments •
In his Channel 4 documentary The Enemies of Reason, Richard Dawkins attacks what he rightly regards as an epidemic of irrational thinking, or, as he puts it, humanity's "retreat into the fog of the superstitious past." He notes, for...
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Posted on August 28, 2007 6:53 AM • 4 Comments •
My recent post on prefrontal lobotomy has been the most popular thing on this blog so far, and the comments on it are worth reading. While searching for more information about lobotomies and the neuroleptic drugs that replaced them,...
Posted on July 28, 2007 9:19 AM • 6 Comments •
Most people recognize Tutankhamun as the boy-king of ancient Egypt. He is the most well-known pharaoh because his tomb was discovered apparently intact* and, more importantly, because it contained the magnificent gold mask that has become an icon of...
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Posted on July 12, 2007 7:05 PM • 9 Comments •
