Andrew Wakefield is not a scientist

According to the Times, Andrew Wakefield manipulated records of children with Autism who had been given the MMR vaccine to support his theory.

Presumably he should be paying part of the medical cost of the increasing number of measles and mumps cases...

Atheist Bus Slogan Generator

http://ruletheweb.co.uk/b3ta/bus/?s1=THERE+ARE+HUNDREDS+OF+DIFFERENT+GODS&s2=JUST+THINK+ABOUT+IT&s3=THEY+ARE+ALL+BOLLOCKS

Advertising Standards Authority

There must be something we can do about these adverts:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/05/atheist-bus-christian-response

If the articles about the atheist campaign are true, the "probably" part was very definitely inserted to avoid any legal issues. Presumably those same legal issues apply when claiming that there is a God...?

Why bother being warm-blooded?

This article goes through several iterations of reasoning as to why warm-bloodedness might be useful. It's so interesting, I can't believe that people might just say "don't bother asking - God did it". Even if God did do it, why split cold- and warm-blooded animals? Invoking God doesn't answer anything.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126942.000-whats-the-point-of-being-warmblooded.html?full=true

How to be popular

This is absolutely true - I have friends who talk about themselves the time and it's incredibly frustrating. But at the same time, I often catch myself doing it too!

http://thinksimplenow.com/relationships/the-popularity-factor/

Obama is actually quite good, isn't he?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/05/obama-attends-prayer-brea_n_164190.html

Evolution of the Wikipedia article on evolution

This article on Coding Horror links to this fantastic image showing the updates made to Wikipedia's article on evolution:

http://www.research.ibm.com/visual/images/discover_mag.jpg