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In a commencement speech, Australian comedian Tim Minchin told students to do something no other...

What does it mean when every congressional Republican declined to support a resolution applauding Darwin...

Parents who block their kids from being vaccinated are endangering everyone, including their own children....

Children can be molded any way adults want. But the way illustrated in this video...

The universe exploded into being from nothing, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking contends in his posthumous book....

Underpinning the concept of "creationism" is air. In science, it's repeatedly testable and confirmable facts....

Religion evokes the same kind of fervor in believers as Elvis did in his adoring...

The lying and deception of U.S. government officials, led by the president, is unraveling our...

Americans of late have been in a populist, progressive mood. The driving force is as...

As more and more farmers face financial ruin, their sucides are spiking. Physical isolation and...

For thousands of years, Christianity has tried to make people feel bad about sex. No...

There's a lot to be worried about in the current American political chasm. Here's some...

If a teacher informs young students that Santa doesn't exist, is that a bad thing?...

Who says atheists are dour, New Age poops? This smart and engaging video from the...

Under cover of government accommodation, Christian evangelicals are furiously trying to embed their faith in...

With nine new scientific representatives elected to the U.S. House, will deliberations become more fact-based?

When you enter the voting booth tomorrow, do the nation a favor: think with your...

Voting for Republicans in the midterm will help guarantee that disadvantaged Americans will stay that...

Turns out there may be a really convincing answer to why people believe such unbelievable...

There oughta be mental-health warnings on horoscopes in newspapers, reminding readers that it's all hogwash,...

The author of a memoir on alcoholism and blackouts offers a plausible explanation for the...

Don't listen to people who claim "mainstream media" are a bunch of lying muckrakers. That's...

Conservatives denigrate "liberal education," but such a system of training independent minds is essential to...

Why do religions still exist and perpetuate when no evidence seems to exist to substantiate...

"Fear," a new book by journalist Bob Woodward, shows the dangers of unmitigated lying by...

Here's a good article on a corruption fighter and some great books being read by...

Trump's lust for unbridled power is a vestige of bygone days where the "divine right...

Even the Supreme Court apparently thinks unfettered political deceit is better than reasonable laws to...

Evolutionary biologist is constantly making memorable statements. Here's just one of them.