Global emissions continue to rise, making it extremely unlikely that the world will meet the 1.5 °C target outlined in the Paris Agreement. With current commitments, projected warming could reach around 2.3–2.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, necessitating far steeper & faster cuts in emissions.

Watchdog Warns of Increased AI Propaganda, Deepfakes, and Harassment by OpenAI’s ‘Dangerous’ Sora 2 “The hasty release of Sora 2 demonstrates a reckless disregard for product safety, name/image/likeness rights, the stability of our democracy, and fundamental consumer protection against harm.”

A new technology may allow patients to recover vision for conditions that were previously thought irreversible.

Hilariously and without realizing it, antivaxxer Steve Kirsch nailed the essence of why a recent antivax "report" by the McCullough Foundation is nonsense. It's basically a very old tactic for misrepresenting science repackaged for "new school" antivaxxers.

ACTION ALERT — Tell Congress to make the access and provision of contraceptives a right! americanhumanist.org/actionhq/?vv...

Report Exposes Torture Endured by Migrants Trump Sent to El Salvador Prison “The US government has not been linked to acts of systematic torture on this scale since Abu Ghraib.”

This blood type is so rare and so medically marvelous, scientists are trying to grow it in a lab.

Florida Republicans want to force teachers to pledge loyalty to the Constitution... and God. Their proposed oath would effectively ban atheists from teaching. It's unconstitutional and un-American. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/floridas-p...

Psychedelics are more widespread in nature than you might think. These compounds arose repeatedly across evolutionary time and are found across ecosystems. Here's your guide to the world's most hallucinatory ecosystems.

The modern funeral industry is an environmental mess—so what does a "green" funeral look like?

Back when I was communicating with Lawrence Krauss about his public defense of Jeffrey Epstein, I was shocked by how illiterate he was. After reading the recently leaked Epstein emails, it seems like the entire pedo network wrote that way. Weird. skepchick.org/2011/04/lawr...

Imagine thinking working alone with a woman is a moral crisis. One HVAC tech did—following the "Billy Graham rule"—and now he’s suing his employer for firing him. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

Nothing to see here. Just physicist Lawrence Krauss telling Jeffrey Epstein, "Beyond anything else, you are my friend. I hope we can both always remember that, no matter what."

This 14th-century fable is an early example of medical misinformation going viral. (And the belief persists!)

The New York Times reports on a recent conference hosted by Kennedy’s old outfit, Children’s Health Defense, in Austin, Texas, noting that attendees “embraced a term — ‘anti-vax’ — some once regarded as a slur.”

Yves Schelpe writes that the real danger with AI and the proliferation of LLM chat bots is not the machine’s cunning, but our own human wiring which prefers the safety of a non-judgmental algorithm over the bewildering, necessary chaos of true reciprocity.

NPR analyzes the CDC’s new “scrutiny” of the childhood vaccine schedule, which Paul Offit says is just the latest step in RFK Jr.’s decades-long campaign to “[make] vaccines less available, less affordable and more feared.”

“Jerry Seinfeld has become the saint of the upper-middle class — disciplined, apolitical, a lover of comfort, a man for whom the world’s chaos is just material to be gently mocked and filed away in another notebook.”

Trump ended deportation protections for South Sudanese immigrants, prioritized asylum for white South Africans, and threatened to invade Nigeria. It’s all part of the Christian nationalist playbook.

It looks like scientists are close to developing a universal anti-venom.

"It's impossible to overstate how much of what ICE is doing on the ground reflects this completely preposterous conflation of hostile speech and hostile conduct," commented one legal expert.

"Trump said he’d leave abortion care up to the states. Well, this latest scheme makes it crystal clear: A de facto nationwide abortion ban has been his plan all along," said Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden.

Believe it or not, we have some good news out of the Supreme Court this morning! The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

The message behind the government shutdown is loud and clear: Hunger is acceptable collateral damage in service of Trump’s agenda.

Trauma therapist Dr. Christine Gibson and humanist palliative chaplain Lesley Machon argue that our collective “climate anxiety” is a shared, primal trauma response to our unraveling world, and that true healing demands co-regulation and collective strength.

Kristi Cummings’s first ceremony as a humanist Celebrant was for a college friend, legalizing a partnership of nearly twenty years just days after marriage equality became a reality in the U.S. Her most challenging day on the job? A wedding stymied by bears at a national park!

TikToker Nikalie Monroe called dozens of churches pretending to be a mom who couldn’t afford baby formula. Most refused to help. The results are devastating—and revealing. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-tiktoker...

Researchers have finished the "first draft" of a map of the developing human brain.

Scott Douglas Jacobsen interviews Senior Researcher at Pew Research Center, Jonathan Evans, on the Center’s recent study to better understand the beliefs of the religiously unaffiliated around the world.

With the U.S. on the verge of losing its longstanding measles elimination status, the American Academy of Pediatrics says doctors are the “most important line of defense” against further spread.

In her latest ImmunoLogic newsletter, Dr. Andrea Love eviscerates RFK Jr.’s video message to the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Thankfully, the Minamata Convention is not staffed with unqualified anti-science profiteers like RFK Jr.

Online scams are big business and a ”bombshell” new report reveals both the scale of the problem on Meta platforms — and Meta’s willingness to turn a blind eye in order to preserve the ad revenue it earns off the scammers.

The United Arab Emirates is arming a militia committing genocide in Darfur. In exchange for US silence, Biden got a Middle East partner, and Trump got cryptocurrency cash.

Sexual healing is more than just a famous R&B song. When practiced responsibly and with intent, sex can yield a benefit of authenticity, emotional health and mental restoration, even in relationships that don't last forever. Deedee Redletter discusses how best to use our sexual power for good.

Gen Alpha kids, which grew up immersed in technology, show high levels of anxiety and depression. Is there a connection? According to Susan Fourtané, the younger generation might benefit from (as the kids say) touching grass.

Ukraine's long-range drones are blitzing Russian oil refineries, putting a crimp in the fossil fuel revenue that funds the Kremlin's war. Adam Lee argues that all national leaders should take a lesson from the near-impossibility of protecting this fragile, expensive infrastructure.

This synthetic biology breakthrough points to a future where crops could be engineered to capture carbon more efficiently, boosting yields while reducing water and nitrogen use.

Learn why words spoken by a U.S. president 150 years ago ring loudly even today.

The treatment acts like a molecular reset switch, reactivating the brain’s natural waste-removal system rather than just masking symptoms, hinting at a completely new therapeutic path for human Alzheimer’s disease.

Check out AU President and CEO Rachel Laser’s column detailing AU’s new three-year strategic roadmap for boldly advancing religious freedom, increasing AU’s impact, and countering the rise of Christian Nationalism.

Dr. Siouxsie Wiles saved lives during the pandemic by educating the public about what was happening. During that time, she withstood relentless harassment from conspiracy theorists & went to court to force employers to protect people like her. Here's her story! 🧪 www.patreon.com/posts/142933...