The Christmas Story – What do we really know?

Well, its the 25th … so perhaps its an appropriate time to ponder the question, “What do we really know about the birth of Jesus?”. How can we really know the factual truth? A good place to start is to put belief to one side, and openly and honestly deal with the evidence. We have … Read more

UK: All religions combined = a minority

Its official … the majority of the UK population is non religious and secular. If you take the folks who have any religious belief and combine then up … you still have a minority of the population … there is an article in the Guardian today about this … apparently in 1985 (only 25 years … Read more

Fossilised finger points to previously unknown group of human relatives

Its the time of year when relations you never knew you had turn up … and guess what …it turns out this is also the case for us as a species. Yesterdays Guardian reports that a fossilised little finger discovered in a cave in the mountains of southern Siberia belonged to a young girl from … Read more

Eight-year-olds publish bee study in Royal Society journal

Now this is truly cool, its a real treat to see this … we have some eight-year old scientists who have had their findings published in Biology Letters, a high-powered journal from the UK’s prestigious Royal Society. This is all about education of course, but takes it in a very practical direction by doing some … Read more

Mobile Phones, popcorn and pregnancy

What is it with mobile phones that appears to cause people to simply stop thinking … OK, try this … first take a look at the following … Wow … shocking … mobile phones can pop popcorn … scary yes … except its a fake. This is actually a viral ad that was created to … Read more