"By placing harmless electrodes on a subject's head, scientists can measure the electrical activity produced by the network of neurons inside the skull. Different kinds of mental activity show different kinds of brain waves. But brain waves with regular patterns typical of adult human brains do not appear in the fetus until about the 30th week of ( Read more... )

No need to give an answer out loud, but be honest about your first impulse ( Read more... )

In theory anything you'd pray to to Help Haiti now could have stopped this or eased the poverty that has made it worse. But it didn't, and if that doesn't make you reconsider your relationship to those celestial bullies I am at a loss for words ( Read more... )

As most of you know Haiti has been devastated by an earthquake. Please consider donating whatever you can to oxfam's relief fund. Oxfam is already on the ground in Haiti and does a lot of great work. You can donate here:

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You can read about what they are doing in Haiti here:

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Basically every time I log on to lj it ends up being a completely unrewarding experience and it's been that way for a long time ( Read more... )

If I hear one more person cry about how "blowing up the moon" will alter its orbit, cause giant moon rocks to smash into earth, will make the moon collapse (because it's hollow donchya know?), provoke a counter attack by moon dwelling aliens..etc my head will explode ( Read more... )

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I'm going to see Dawkins read from his new book on evolution this Saturday.

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I live in a part of the country where this would likely never happen, but it's bullshit regardless.

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If your default assumption is that atheists are arrogant and incapable of civil discourse about religion...I invite you to watch this...and then compare it to the behavior high profile believers who have debated or interviewed any one of these four gentlemen.