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Your Zodiac Remains Unchanged, Still Not Based in Scientific Fact
Posted by Greg Boustead on January 14, 2011
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Yesterday, I went on Facebook. Not an unusual activity for someone my age. Or for someone my parents’ age, which I still haven’t gotten used to. But that’s not the point of this. Several of my “friends” had statuses mentioning "Ophiuchus", whatever that is. One girl’s panicked reaction to this unpronounceable phenomenon had received enough…
Why Faith and Science?
Posted by Greg Boustead on June 22, 2010 In the run-up to this year’s Faith and Science panel at the 2010 World Science Festival, there was some concern expressed (here and here) about our sponsors’ influence on programming. In light of such criticism, we thought it would be a good time to reiterate the Festival’s absolute editorial independence, as addressed last year by…