Minority births have surpassed White births for the first time.

By , on 17 May, 2012

Here’s news that’s sure to piss off our resident bigot. For the first time in American history the number of minority babies being born has surpassed the number of white babies being born:

Census – Minorities Now Surpass Whites in US Births – NYTimes.com

“This is an important landmark,” said Roderick Harrison, a former chief . . . → Read More: Minority births have surpassed White births for the first time.

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It turns out that premature orgasm is a problem for some women.

By , on 26 October, 2011

From the Never-Thought-This-Was-A-Problem department:

Premature Orgasm Affects Women Too, Study Suggests – LiveScience

“At one extreme are women who have a complete control over their orgasm,” he and his colleagues write in a report to be published in the journal Sexologies. “[At] the other extreme is a group of women who report having a lack . . . → Read More: It turns out that premature orgasm is a problem for some women.

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Catholic church shrinking in Brazil as more become non-religious and secular.

By , on 10 October, 2011

Hmmm… God looks kinda familiar…

The Catholic church has been having a rough time of it lately. What with the pedophile priest scandals around the world and the increasing number of Catholics leaving the faith in the U.S. and Europe. Now they have more bad news coming out of Brazil which was once considered . . . → Read More: Catholic church shrinking in Brazil as more become non-religious and secular.

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Today’s youth are much less religious than their parents.

By , on 19 February, 2010

Here’s a bit a news to brighten your day: The latest Pew Forum on Religion & Public life study finds that religious belief is on the decline among the younger population:

One in four American millennials — which it defined as those who were born after 1980 and came of age around the millennium — . . . → Read More: Today’s youth are much less religious than their parents.

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Ten years and $2.5 billion shows “alternative” medicines don’t cure jack shit.

By , on 11 June, 2009

In news that will likely fail to dissuade folks who buy into the whole alternative medicine nonsense, the report from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine says that just about every alternative treatment they tried failed to produce results:

Echinacea for colds. Ginkgo biloba for memory. Glucosamine and chondroitin for arthritis. Black cohosh . . . → Read More: Ten years and $2.5 billion shows “alternative” medicines don’t cure jack shit.

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If Heaven is so great why are so many Christians reluctant to go there?

By , on 18 March, 2009

Spend any amount of time talking with a True Believer™ about their religious outlook and eventually they’ll get around to raving about how awesome Heaven will be. Each one will have a slightly different viewpoint on what exactly Heaven will be like, but they all agree it’s the best thing you could ever hope to . . . → Read More: If Heaven is so great why are so many Christians reluctant to go there?

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Maybe there’s some reason for hope: Christianity on the decline in the U.S.

By , on 9 March, 2009

This has been an ongoing trend for a few years now and it does my heart good after listening to Theocratic minded politicians all day. The folks at USATODAY.com have a cool chart on the decline and the corresponding up tick in the numbers of non-believers:

The percentage of people who call themselves in some . . . → Read More: Maybe there’s some reason for hope: Christianity on the decline in the U.S.

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The more conservative and religious you are the more likely you love porn.

By , on 2 March, 2009

At least that appears to be the findings of a recent study of porn consumption:

A new nationwide study (pdf) of anonymised credit-card receipts from a major online adult entertainment provider finds little variation in consumption between states.

“When it comes to adult entertainment, it seems people are more the same than different,” says Benjamin . . . → Read More: The more conservative and religious you are the more likely you love porn.

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Another study shows “virginity pledges” are ineffective.

By , on 5 January, 2009

We’ve already seen lots of studies showing that abstinence only sex education is a miserable failure, but what about the popular-among-the-True-Believers virginity pledges where a daughter pledges to her father that she’ll abstain from sex until marriage? As it turns out the best they do is delay how soon someone has sex for the first . . . → Read More: Another study shows “virginity pledges” are ineffective.

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Palcebos work better in kids than adults.

By , on 14 August, 2008

So says this rather brief article at Wired.com:

It’s a strange finding nestled inside a weird phenomenon:  children are 50 percent more likely than adults to respond favorably to placebos.

So concludes a Public Library of Science Medicine review by French pediatricians of anti-epilepsy drug studies. If replicated in other drugs, researchers may need to . . . → Read More: Palcebos work better in kids than adults.

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