Meredith Thompson
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Religious Exceptionalism and the Law: Kim Davis’s Marriage Equality Protest
UPDATE: Kim Davis was ordered to be released from jail today, September 8, 2015. On Thursday, September 3, Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who... Read More
Finding Compassion in Nature: A New Study on Awe and Generosity
Can you remember a time when you looked at the stars and felt so small that it made you feel like a better person?... Read More
Saving Minks from Fur Farms is, According to the FBI, “Terrorism”
Terrorism, often associated with violent political attacks against civilians, is an emotionally charged term, used more frequently now after 9/11. The FBI defines terrorism... Read More
Creationist Finds Sixty-Million-Year-Old Fossils (But Doesn’t Change His Mind)
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... Read More
V-Rex: The Most Ferocious Vegetarian Around?
The Frankenstein monster of prehistoric times has been discovered, all thanks to seven-year-old Diego Suarez. The first remains of Chilesaurus diegosuarezi were unearthed by... Read More
A Science-Themed Late Night Talk Show: The Final Frontier?
After his successful stint as the host of last year’s Cosmos on Fox, which revamped Carl Sagan's groundbreaking 1980s series, Neil deGrasse Tyson is... Read More