Some weak foundations appear to be on the verge of crumbling….
- Jesus Inc. is hot stock at the moment…although perhaps not in the way the Church would want it.
- A critical review of Michael Baigent’s The Jesus Papers (Amazon US).
- The Vatican attacks Da Vinci conspiracy theories. Heck, so does the Archbishop of Canterbury as well.
- The Pope denounces hints of a new, improved Judas in recently released ‘Gospel of Judas’, labelling him a “greedy liar“.
- Christian Conservatives see Mark of the Beast in national ID.
- Art Bell remarries just months after the death of his wife Ramona.
- Argentinian lake monster photographed?
- German couple insist their Tasmanian Tiger photograph is not a fake.
- In search of the real Dracula.
- A review and summary of Weird California (Amazon US).
- Behind the scenes of the new hit television series, Ghost Whisperer.
- The medical benefits of meditation.
- Study finds that scientific misconduct is endemic. I hate it when they use those sciencey words.
- Online skeptic’s dislike of New Age Nitwits (although he does pay a little back-handed compliment).
- Dedicated SETI optical telescope begins work.
- How long will it be until we are using computer to brain interfaces? Dang, the only exercise I get at the moment is moving the mouse around the desk….this could be very bad for my health.
- The Dead Sea is dying.
- Military seeks to replace troops with armed robots. If they put them under the control of Skynet, I’m outta here.
- Exhibition of Chinese corpses pits science against morality.
- Nature paper shows that cell division is reversible.
- New mouse strain sheds light on regeneration.
- Mass whale deaths tied to U.S. military sonar?
- Are we living on an Easter Island Earth?
- Senior Marines officer offers to apologise for damage caused to Babylonian site by U.S. troops.
- 100 years on, San Francisco faces another big shaker.
- Could pets help in predicting the next quake?
Happy birthday for yesterday Mum (and Cam, and Mr MJK)!
Quote of the Day:
We all feed on tragedy, it’s like blood to a vampire. Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies. Much better you than I.
’Vicarious’ (TOOL)