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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

WATCH: Why Vaccine 'Debate' Won't Die

The vaccine-autism controversy has been brewing ever since Andrew Wakefield published his infamous 1998 paper in The Lancet. Fourteen years later, the study has been retracted and scientists have had no luck finding a legitimate link between childhood vaccinations and autism. Yet, the debate rages on. Click the link above to learn more.

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BLOG POSTS

	Victor Stenger: Questions on Science and Religion The following is an interview that will appear in the book How to Prove God Does Not Exist by Trevor Treharne, to be released in September by Universal Publishers.
	Sam Sommers: When Good People Behave Badly The psychology of fraud shares a lot in common with the psychology underlying another of society's most pressing ills... the combover.
	Daniela Schiller: The Courage to Fear What happened in Ali's mind during those crucial seconds between Round 1 and Round 2? Scientists do not know. But they do know what happened in his brain.
	Angela Saini: India's Thorium-Fuelled Dreams Today, as the availability and price of uranium becomes a possible barrier to the growth of nuclear power and as nations begin the search for cleaner and safer fuels, thorium is making a comeback, with India leading the way.
	David Sloan Wilson: Richard Dawkins, Edward O. Wilson, and the Consensus of the Many Curiously, while the many have spoken against Wilson's outdated views about kin selection, they remain largely silent on Dawkins' outdated views about group selection. I will therefore list points made by Dawkins in his review that have been rejected by the many long ago.