1. It's not what the papers say, it's what they don't
(Medicine/General)

..., comparing asthma in those who had MMR against those who didn't. MMR-vaccinated children were massively and significantly less often hospitalised with an asthma diagnosis, and used fewer courses ...

2. Churchgoing on its knees as Christianity falls out of favour
(Religion/General)

...d: "These statistics represent a partial picture of religious trends today. In recent years church life has significantly diversified so these traditional statistics are less and less meaningful ...

3. Russell T Davies: Return of the (tea) Time Lord
(Good news/Humour)

...turning (along with former companions Sarah Jane, Martha and Rose, her old boyfriend Mickey and her mum Jackie). Significantly, the show has evolved. It now encompasses all kinds of sexuality without ...

4. Immune system differences found
(Science/General)

...nfection, such as the gum disease bug Porphyromonas gingivalis. The US study also found activity levels varied significantly in genes involved in basic cellular processes which are thought to play a...

5. More Americans leaving religious ties of their youth
(Religion/General)

...#39;s finding that about 10 percent of U.S. adults are former Catholics and said that the church has always been significantly impacted by immigration. They also said the church's membership has i...

6. Turkey in radical revision of Islamic texts
(Religion/General)

...intent on creating a new politics for Islam. Now, he says, "they are trying to fashion a new Islam." Significantly, the "Ankara School" of theologians working on the new Hadith h...

7. Study: Religion colors Americans' views of nanotechnology
(Religion/General)

...veys that posed identical questions about nanotechnology to people in the United Kingdom and continental Europe, significantly higher percentages of people accepted the moral validity of the technolog...

8. Lessons of Atheist Dictatorships
(Religion/Atheism)

...ning in the late 19th and intensifying in the early 20th century, was a genocide, and jihad ideology contributed significantly to this decades long human liquidation process," notes Bostom. Most ...