In mid August, Bad Religion vocalist Greg Graffin completed his doctorate in evolutionary biology-paleontology at Cornell University. The Bad Religion website has a few things online to check out if you're interested in learning more. There's a video clip of Graffin discussing the background for his studies, as well as an article / interview from the UCLA's newspaper here.
Bad Religion is reportedly working on their follow-up to The Process Of Belief. The month of May `04 has been mentioned in regards to it's release, but that's obviously an early estimate. We'll have more when it's available.