A new study suggests that burning incense may cause cancer, Reuters reports. But the study focuses more on home incense, common in Asian cultures, rather than at church, though I suppose that priests might be around incense enough to worry. Earlier this year, researchers said incense might be a mind-altering substance.

The idea that the fastest route to new therapies based on stem cell research must run through the use of embryonic material took another hit with yet another recent advancement in research using differenciated or "adult" cells at Harvard.

So it's official: Obama picked a Catholic. Well, he picked a Senator that can burnish his foreign policy credentials, but Biden's Catholicism has to be considered a factor in the mix. Not only is Biden Catholic, he is a regular Sunday communicant at two parishes, despite his consistent pro-abortion voting record.

Here's an interesting poll from NBC: Should "In God we trust" be taken off the currency?I'm not sure why they are asking it, but with all this Olympic Patriotism going about, it makes you wonder about God and state. Athletes thanking God for gold medals? God blessing our country? That sounds good, but should God be part of our official currency or our pledge of allegience?

It's a difficult spectacle to watch, the U.S. President gamely attempting to scold the Soviets, I mean, the Russians, for violating a neighboring nation's sovereignty with an unwarranted military invasion. But if the Prez can keep a straight face . . . What's happening to civilians in South Ossetia and Georgia continues 20th century style total war-making.