As common as it is to encounter the statement that apocalyptic literature is characteristically pseudepigraphal, it seems equally common to hear that the Book of Revelation is an exception to this “rule,” written by an individual in his own name, to churches that knew him. Has anyone explored the possibility that Revelation is not an [...]

The news – but also misunderstanding – about NASA’s press conference today is spreading. They did not find alien life in the sense of life of extraterrestrial origin. Nor did they find life that showed signs of having evolved independently of all other life on this planet. What they found was bacteria that had evolved [...]

Mark Goodacre has a post on why he has long loved Q, Q and Q, and shares a picture of Q and Q reading Q! It turns out the hypothetical Q source was not a single collection of logia but a widely-readperiodical with a glossy cover.

This is hilarious (HT Dorothy King):

Via Tobias Buckell, I learned that Gizmodo has apparently found out what the big news is that NASA will hold a press conference about later today. Apparently a form of extremophile bacteria has been discovered on Earth which has a different chemical make-up to it’s DNA than all other known forms of life on this [...]