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August 2023
Meteors, Spherules, and Aliens
Did Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb discover the remnants of an interstellar meteor in the form of spherules on the ocean floor? Could they be of alien…
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Michael Shermer
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Ten Commandments for Our Time
Toward a Provisional Rational Decalogue
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Michael Shermer
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Deconstructing the Decalogue
Or, How to Think About the Ten Commandments
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Michael Shermer
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July 2023
There's a UFO in My Garage
What would Carl Sagan say about the public frenzy over Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs)?
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Michael Shermer
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The Bomb, the Man, the Morality
Christopher Nolan's magisterial film "Oppenheimer" renews debate on the use of nuclear weapons to end World War II, as a deterrent to future use, and…
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Michael Shermer
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June 2023
Vax Populi: Vaccines, Autism, and RFK, Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. accepts the scientific consensus on climate change but rejects the conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism. Why? He has been…
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Michael Shermer
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The Unabomber's Declinism Goes Mainstream
Ted Kaczynski's manifesto could have been written by any number of modern doomsayers and dystopians
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Michael Shermer
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May 2023
April 2023
How To Think About the Resurrection, Audio edition
Listen now (19 mins) | Was Jesus really raised from the dead?
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Michael Shermer
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