Non-religious (civil) weddings in Australia have boomed over the last decade. See this media release by the New South Wales government, and this newspaper article on the corresponding figures in Victoria (which together account for 60% of Australia's...

Pew have a Political News Quiz up, here, and you can see how you went compared to a national US survey. I did okay on that: Here's Your Score: You correctly answered 12 of the 12 possible questions along with approximately 2% of the public. You did...

Extremely short version of a book review, kinda. In short, I was quite impressed with it. Dawkins, though given to occasional infelicities, is a very engaging writer. Good coverage of a lot of the evidence for evolution. Highly recommended. It's...

1) People who can't stick close to time. There's a time limit for a reason - people have other places to go. The last 5 talks I attended all went way, way over time; if you can't get the point across in the time, you don't understand what's important...

I just had to get this one down. It's too crazy not to. "When we applied for non-profit status in the UK, and faced delays greater than for a new religion, the Charity Commission wrote back to us, and I quote: 'Kindly explain how scientific education...