"Answers are a luxury enjoyed only every now and then. So early on, learn to love the questions themselves." --Neil deGrasse Tyson

Physicist led China's dissident movement

Seeded on Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:49 AM EDT (The Montreal Gazette)

Fang Lizhi was a physicist whose instinctive independence of mind led him to a life of protest against communist rule in China; around him coalesced a dissident movement that culminated in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. He was born in Beijing on Feb. 12, 1936. Somethin …

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Stupid Design presented by Neil de Grasse Tyson

Seeded on Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:14 AM EDT (YouTube)

Neil does a really good job tearing down the argument for so-called "Intelligent Design".  It's short and definitely worth watching.

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Atheist Recounts Pretending to be a Christian

Seeded on Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:30 PM EDT (Opposing Views)

It was later in my life that I realized that I was not really a Christian that summer. I was pretending and “searching.” I was attending Sunday school and playing along in order to fit in with a theistic society in order to avoid retaliation. I was doing it because  …

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How a Christian Fighter Pilot and FOX News Tried to Stop Fort Bragg Atheist Festival (And Failed)

Seeded on Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:54 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

While the upcoming Rock Beyond Belief festival at Fort Bragg is starting to get more media attention as its March 31 date approaches, the event has also been the subject of increased attacks by those who are attempting to stop it from taking place. For those who don't know  …

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The Reason Rally: A Woodstock for nonbelievers

Seeded on Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:48 PM EDT (Politico)

On March 24, the Mall will be occupied by the Reason Rally, an event that pulls together those seculars who don’t accept that there’s a higher power. It’s being billed as a “Woodstock for nonbelievers.” Paul Fidalgo, communications director at the …

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Approximately 1 in 3 Republican Mississippi voters would have me clapped in irons for marrying a woman who wasn't white.

Seeded on Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:15 PM EDT (Public Policy Polling)

-Alabama's pretty much on board with interracial marriage, with 67% of voters thinking it should be legal to 21% who think it should not be.

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Richard Dawkins on militant atheism: "Religion is corrosive to science"

Seeded on Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:54 PM EDT (TED Talks)

Richard Dawkins urges all atheists to openly state their position -- and to fight the incursion of the church into politics and science.

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6 superheroes who got their powers from being lousy scientists | Blastr

Seeded on Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:00 AM EST (Blatr)

For most of us, causing a brutal accident at the workplace means yet another week standing in the unemployment line on crutches. But for some superhero scientists, injuring themselves due to their own sloppy work gave them superpowers instead.   

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With pending arrest warrant, psychic returns $7,800 | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com

Seeded on Fri Mar 9, 2012 10:39 PM EST (The Detroit News)

Lt. Dan Kolke with the Fraser Public Safety Department said police received a complaint last Saturday from a female resident about a psychic who allegedly bilked her out of $7,800. Investigators spoke with the resident who told them she went to the psychic on Feb.

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Scientists unlock genetic code for gorillas - and show the human link

Seeded on Thu Mar 8, 2012 9:50 AM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

''Gorillas are an interesting animal in their right but the main reason they are of particular interest is because of their evolutionary closeness to us,'' said Aylwyn Scally, an author of the research from the institute.

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Are you scientifically literate? Take our quiz

Seeded on Wed Mar 7, 2012 7:00 PM EST (Christian Science Monitor)

Test your scientific might!

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Andrew Breitbart's Death Inspires Obama Conspiracy Theories

Seeded on Fri Mar 2, 2012 4:54 AM EST (The Huffington Post)
Seeded by Robert Bartholomew (Clipped by Chris-735081)

Andrew Breitbart, a noted conservative activist, author and publisher, died suddenly Wednesday at the age of 43. While a note on his website specifically referred to the death as "natural causes," that hasn't stopped Breitbart's friends in the right-wing media from speculating …

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"I believed in the sacredness of life": Dutch atheist who saved more than 100 lives during the Holocaust dies aged 91

Seeded on Thu Mar 1, 2012 2:17 PM EST (New Humanist)

Reading the obituary of Tina Strobos, who contributed to the rescue of more than 100 Jews in the Netherlands during the Second World War and who has died in New York at the age of 91, I was struck by a line concerning her motivation for risking her own life for such selfles …

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KKK flyers distributed to homes in Georgia town

Seeded on Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:27 PM EST (The Grio)

Messages promoting the Ku Klux Klan were distributed to homes in the town of Newnan, Ga. on Sunday morning. Paper print-outs stuffed into small plastic bags weighed down with rocks were left next to newspapers outside houses in the Churchill Park subdivision of the town.

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Question: Wasn't Atheism Responsible for Most 20th Century Atrocities? Answer: No.

Seeded on Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:19 AM EST (Daily Nexus)

The important part of any discussion as to whether a belief system has “caused” tragedies in the past or will do so in the future must be based on the logical connections between the tenets of the position and the resultant actions of the position’s holders.

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Nomad Alien Planets May Fill Our Milky Way Galaxy

Seeded on Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:39 AM EST (Space.com)

Our Milky Way galaxy may be teeming with rogue planets that ramble through space instead of being locked in orbit around a star, a new study suggests

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African-American astronaut gave ultimate sacrifice during space shuttle mission

Seeded on Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:30 AM EST (DC Military)

Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson was one of only a handful of African-American astronauts and was one of the seven crewmembers aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia when it exploded on re-entry just 16 minutes before its scheduled touchdown Feb. 1, 2003.

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Why Einstein's special theory of relativity is probably still correct

Seeded on Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:17 AM EST (Christian Science Monitor)

Last year, European physicists measured a neutrino moving faster than light, in apparent violation of our current understanding of physics.

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Light Humor: What I've come to expect from GOP Talking Points

Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:29 PM EST

The following are examples of what I have come to expect from the Republican party over the last 12 years: GWB before the crash in '08?  True American Hero (tm).   GWB after the crash in '08?  RINO (tm). Iraq War?  Liberal's fault.

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Faith Healing discussed with 'Arch-Skeptic' James Randi and "The Thinking Atheist"

Seeded on Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:22 PM EST (Radio Hosts)

Faith healing, to me, is hand's down the most obvious example of supernatural deception for profit. It's not just dishonest, it is dangerous, as one of the audio clips clearly displays when a faith healer declares a woman with AIDS to be CURED after just one visit. Having been  …

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Some American Christians wonder why American Atheists are so angry, bitter and rude...

Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:02 AM EST

...well, let me put it to you like this: Imagine yourself as a christian, living in the midst of a society where less than 1 percent of elected government officials are openly christian. The National motto of that country was changed in the 1950's from "We are all in this togeth …

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An Open Letter to the Heartland Institute

Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:44 PM EST
By Physicist-retired (Clipped by Chris-735081)

Those who follow events in the climate change arena are by now quite familiar with the leak of internal Heartland Institute documents this week, and the ensuing firestorm. This post will not revisit the contents of the leaked documents.  Links to them can be found in many, m …

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"Hutaree militia" tied to Alex Jones, Mark Koernke conspiracy propaganda

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:28 AM EST (Talking Points Memo)

Federal prosecutors, meanwhile, have indicated they want to use conspiracy-mongering videos and books found in possession of members of the Hutaree militia in the trial. Hutaree members were evidently fans of Sept.

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Alex Jones Shirtless Rant Against "The Young Turks"

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:49 AM EST (YouTube)

Pundit Alex Jones decided to make a shirtless rant in which he compared his show to The Young Turks. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian show the actual numbers and give you the facts. Turns out Alex should have spent a moment putting a shirt on and checking his numbers.

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Leaked: a plan to teach climate change skepticism in schools

Seeded on Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:47 PM EST (msnbc.com)

"The heart of the climate denial machine relies on huge corporate and foundation funding from U.S. businesses, including Microsoft, Koch Industries, Altria (parent company of Philip Morris) RJRTobacco and more," reports the DeSmogBlog, which published t …

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