Machine intelligence of a human nature could be a century away, and immortality is at least a millennium away, if not unattainable altogether.

Mysteries once thought to be supernatural or paranormal happenings - such as astronomical or meteorological events - are incorporated into science once their causes are understood.

...evolution is not a religious tenet, to which one swears allegiance or belief as a matter of faith.. It is a factual reality of the empirical world. Just as one would not say 'I believe in gravity," one should not proclaim 'I believe in evolution.

Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does.

Accepting evolution does not force us to jettison our morals and ethics, and rejecting evolution does not ensure their constancy.

Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion.

Science is the best tool ever devised for understanding how the world works.