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Guest BloggersDecember 7, 2011

Does E.T. Believe in God?

By Paul Wallace

NASA has identified its first Earth-like habitable world, which calls into question how special we are.

Guest BloggersNovember 22, 2011

God Versus Mega-Aliens

By Paul Wallace

A science writer and a science fiction writer walk into a bar and debate science and human origins.

CultureMay 24, 2011

Updated: 5 Lessons Learned from the Apocalypse Fail, Or, It’s Not the End of the World as We Know It, and I Feel So-So

By Gary Laderman

And so the world still turns. No rapture, no living hell, no Armageddon. We are where we were before the weekend with no signs of Christ’s return, facing the same ol’ same ol’: Arnold’s love child, Newt’s flame-out, life without Oprah. Perhaps this might be a nice teachable moment to reflect on all this—not nonsense at all, but rather an illuminating cultural moment that reveals an awful lot about the role of religion in our crazy world. What are the key takeaways from the “mediapocalypse”? Here are five for your consideration:

Guest BloggersOctober 18, 2010

Aliens Are Fattening Us Up For the Rapture

By Mark Hulsether

And other twists on end-times talk.

Science & TechnologyOctober 6, 2010

Do Space Aliens Need Baptism? The View From Gliese 581g

By Paul Wallace

As you probably know, a couple of weeks ago the pope was in England smack-talking the atheists. What is generally less known is that, at the same moment that pope was having his say with the UK’s radical non-believers, Vatican astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno, also in England, was busy talking…

Guest BloggersJune 30, 2010

Take the Van Gogh Challenge: Doctor Who Part VII

By Gabriel Mckee

Perhaps it is time to stop asking whether religion or science offers a better explanation of natural phenomena, and instead ask whether we find a certain religious vision compelling…

Guest BloggersJune 17, 2010