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New research suggests that “young, religiously active people are more likely than their non-religious counterparts to become obese in middle age”: In fact, frequent religious involvement appears to almost double the risk of obesity compared with little or no involvement. … Continue reading →

From Randall Munroe, genius behind XKCD, comes a handy chart of potential radiation doses from various sources, some common and some extreme. It’s helpful to set the current crisis of Japanese nuclear reactors in context. It’s far too large to … Continue reading →

Throw this one into the “bitter irony” folder … The above is a hoax. It was received and printed in an Alaskan paper, the Peninsula Clarion, in 2007. It got a furious response. However, a few weeks later the paper … Continue reading →

I watched/read this on BuzzFeed a moment ago. I can’t write it up any better than they already have, so I’m gonna go right ahead and copy their words: “He and his 16-weeks-pregnant wife went to a women’s clinic in … Continue reading →

Todd Bentley’s new wife is a little coo coo for coco puffs: She’s either nuts or playing along with nuts. BTW we’ve covered the fraudulent Todd Bentley many times before. (via)

Here’s a curious story from the BBC reporting on a recent poll by ComRes on Catholics in the UK. It makes interesting reading: “Almost six in ten Catholics say that their faith is not “generally valued” in British society” I’m … Continue reading →

America gets a lot of stick (mostly from smug foreigners like me) about its system of unaccredited, diploma-farm style universities, which churn out meaningless bits of paper to the likes of Gillian McKeith so that they can call themselves “Doctor” … Continue reading →

by VorJack Bad news for Fred Clark (AKA Slacktivist), but maybe good news for his readers: Tim LeHaye is coming out with another round of the “worst books ever written.” Bill Berkowitz has all the painful details over at Talk2Action. … Continue reading →