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The German-American cartoonist introduced the idea that Santa Claus traveled with a sleigh and reindeer.

Trump is #45 but Pence is #48 – and other strange consequences of the curious office of vice president.

Who are the new black atheists and what is behind their recent growth?

Is it ever okay to believe in things we consider to be impossible or extremely improbable?

The US is arguably the most scientifically and technologically advanced society in the world, and yet at the same time the most religious of Western societies.    

When a trophy just for showing up does more damage than good. 

As Penn Jillettesaid right here on BigThink.com, “Reading the Bible (or the Koran, or the Torah) will make you an atheist.” Of course, just reading the Bible itself—all 66 canonical […]

With Easter coming this Sunday and the minting of a new pope still fresh in people’s minds, considerations and reconsiderations of Christianity seem natural and unavoidable. The Renaissance art of […]

Long gone are the days when Clapham was a small, rustic village well beyond the gates of medieval London. Also gone, but less long, is the era of Clapham as […]

n Richard Edes Harrison trained as an architect, but became known as an illustrator for Time (from 1932 onwards) and other national news magazines. His specialty was cartography, applying unusual […]