I remember the difference between going to Costco with my parents on Sundays in Bergen County, New Jersey, versus on any other day of the week. The stacks of books, clothes folded and laid out... Read More

Because this year’s annual American Humanist Association Conference was in Denver, Colorado, I had the opportunity to try marijuana. As I’ve mentioned in my past articles, I have cerebral pals, and my muscles are always... Read More

What do you do when you discover sixty-million-year-old fossils but believe in creationism? Edgar Nernberg, a board member of Big Valley’s Creation Science Museum in Canada, discovered five fish fossils while excavating a basement in... Read More

Two major proposed development projects may make the Grand Canyon more accessible to tourists—or, depending on how you see it, threaten its natural scenery. The Grand Canyon Escalade project’s main purpose is to build a... Read More

“Rosa Parks.” “Gloria Steinem.” “Amelia Earhart.” “Margaret Stanger.” “My mother.” These were all answers given by attendees at the American Humanist Association’s annual conference in Denver earlier this month when I asked them, “What woman... Read More

Imagine how you would feel if the course of your life dramatically altered in one single instant. Your dreams and plans for yourself suddenly became impossible, and your chances of success, already slim, instantly disappeared.... Read More

To all the white scientists reading this, raise your hand high if you’ve ever been mistaken for “the help” in your university or government-funded lab. A study conducted last year at the UC Hastings College... Read More