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Let’s say you’re a prominent climate change denier. And then Pope Francis comes along and announces that climate change is going to be a major item on his agenda for the coming months. What do you do…

Last week, Texas Republican Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal comparing climate change to religion. Smith argues…

In the wake of tragedy, considering both the human and the moral costs of the ultimate sports pilgrimage.

Strap on your Fitbit and shop at Whole Foods instead of, you know, sitting down and thinking about how to be a good person.

According to author Kevin Kruse, the idea that America is a “Christian nation” was invented only recently, forged by an alliance between industrialists and conservative clergy who preached the…

In a word: us.

Blood, warfare, and Nostradamus-style speculation make for good entertainment.

Collect all the evidence that vaccines cause autism and endanger children, and you will have a very, very thin file. Collect all the evidence that there’s an appeal to believing that vaccines cause…

Easter is the most Rocky-like story in the Christian canon. There’s blood, a sudden reversal, and finally a moment of triumph. Every time the story seems to end, some miracle prolongs the action…

In a recent post from RD’s religion and science portal, The Cubit, Andrew Aghapour casts doubt on some conclusions drawn from the research of Rice University’s Elaine Howard Ecklund indicating that…