The Nature of Science

The man who is advocating gun culture is Louie Gohmert , a Republican member of the United States Congress representing the 1st Congressiona...

I thought that people like Chuck Norris were big fans of the idea that America is the greatest country in the world. Apparently I was wrong....

  Until a few minutes ago I had never heard of "redshirting" although I was familiar with the concept. Some parents want to hold t...

  Most civilized, democratic countries have abolished capital punishment . This is especially true of those countries with a Christian tradi...

PZ Myers on Salon reviews a book that I'm never going to read [ David Brooks' dream world for the trust-fund set ]. Unfortunately h...

  This video is making the rounds. I'm including it here because so many people have been discussing "civility" and "poli...

  John Lennon died on Dec. 8, 1980 when he was shot four times in the back by Mark David Chapman. His ashes were scattered by Yoko Ono in C...

  I don't watch Bill O'Reilly's show very often so I missed this segment. I find it extremely interesting that a major televisio...

  Remote Area Medical (RAM) is a group of doctors, optometrists, dentists, nurses etc. who donate their time to setting up free temporary c...

  You just can't make this stuff up, ... oh, wait a minute, it's Fox News. Carry on. [Hat Tip: Pharyngula

  New Scientist published an article on Science and art: Still two cultures divided? . The journal invited six people to comment on the two...

  Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of a lecture by C.P. Snow on The Two Cultures . He said, A good many times I have been present at gather...