“The Bible appears to have been removed from online marketplaces in China, as Beijing clamps down on how its citizens practice religion. China has always controlled sales of the Bible, only allowing it to be distributed and printed by state-sanctioned…

“After a nightmarish 2017 hurricane season featuring monsters such as Harvey, Irma and Maria, many in the U.S. are hoping for a quieter year. A top forecasting group says that won’t be the case. “Meteorologist Phil Klotzbach and other experts from Colorado State…

London’s murder rate has overtaken New York City for the first time ever and for the second month in a row. The month of February was the first month in which the UK capital had more murders than the “Big…

“Scientists from Northwestern University published a study in the journal Neuropsychologia attempting to establish a link between religious fundamentalism and brain impairment.” The findings suggest that religious fundamentalists have less cognitive flexibility, in addition, the study states that damage to…

“A new report, Europe’s Young Adults and Religion, reveals that European youth (ages 16-29) have abandoned the Christianity of their ancestors [Catholicism] in large numbers, and now many young people, in some countries more than 50%, do not identify with…

Sometimes governments actually do something good. The Australian Federal Government has “ignored the Australian Greens and anti-complementary medicine activists like Doctor Ken Harvey, from Friends of Science in Medicine, a “skeptic” group, and passed a reform package that protects traditional…

“Churchgoers will no longer have to fumble in their pockets and purses for loose change or notes as the Church of England introduces contactless payment terminals in more than 16,000 churches, cathedrals and other religious sites.” The aim is to…

The earth has seen a four-fold increase in major flooding events since 1980, and a doubling of significant storms, droughts and heat waves, says Europe’s national science academies. In Europe, where precise data reaches back decades, the number of severe…

Peter Thiel is building a panic room in his New Zealand property. He is part of a growing number of American millionaires choosing New Zealand as their “Doomsday destination.” They fear many things, from a public backlash over Silicon Valley’s…