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James Shapiro goes after natural selection again (twice) on HuffPo
Jerry Coyne - Why Evolution Is True - 22 August 2012 Comments
I hate to give attention to my Chicago colleague James Shapiro’s bizarre ideas about evolution, which he publishes weekly on HuffPo rather than in peer-reviewed journals. His Big Idea is that...
Viewpoints: Why is faith falling in the US?
- - BBC News - 22 August 2012 Comments
A new poll suggests that atheism is on the rise in the US, while those who consider themselves religious has dropped. What's the cause? Two writers debate. Thousands attended an atheism rally in...
From Bible-Belt Pastor to Atheist Leader
Robert F. Worth - New York Times - 22 August 2012 Comments
Late one night in early May 2011, a preacher named Jerry DeWitt was lying in bed in DeRidder, La., when his phone rang. He picked it up and heard an anguished, familiar voice. It was Natosha...
Does this set a record for smug nastiness?
Richard Dawkins - RichardDawkins.net - 22 August 2012 Comments
Tony Nicklinson died today. His appalling suffering is now at an end, no thanks whatsoever to our judges or our parliament. Obviously all decent people will feel glad for him, but I would add sorry...
- - Top Documentary Films - 22 August 2012 Comments
Thanks to Mike for the link Correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to Uganda, where many question whether the growing influence of American religious groups has led to a movement to...
Bonobo makes stone tools like early humans did
Hannah Krakauer - New Scientist - 21 August 2012 Comments
Kanzi the bonobo continues to impress. Not content with learning sign language or making up "words" for things like banana or juice, he now seems capable of making stone tools on a par with the...
Stephen Cave - Financial Times - 21 August 2012 Comments
What we really know about our evolutionary past – and what we don’t E volving: The Human Effect and Why it Matters , by Daniel J Fairbanks, Prometheus Books, RRP£16.99/$19, 352 pages ...
Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Cleansing System in Brain
- - URMC - 21 August 2012 Comments
An artery in the brain of a mouse. The green shows cerebrospinal fluid in a channel along the outside of the artery. A previously unrecognized system that drains waste from the brain at a rapid...
Oklahoma high school valedictorian denied diploma for using 'hell' in speech
NBC Staff - NBCNews.com - 21 August 2012 Comments
PRAGUE, Okla. – An Oklahoma high school valedictorian who was denied her diploma because she used the world “hell” in her commencement speech doesn’t plan to apologize for her choice of words,...
Blasphemy Laws Exposed: The Consequences of Criminalizing “Defamation of Religions”
- - human rights first - 20 August 2012 Comments
FOR OVER A DECADE, efforts have been made in several venues at the United Nations to promote the concept that States have an obligation to adopt and enforce laws against the “defamation of...
Playboy Interview with Richard Dawkins
Chip Rowe - Playboy - 20 August 2012 Comments
Richard Dawkins, the patron saint of nonbelievers, caused a stir earlier this year during a debate with the Archbishop of Canterbury, who noted that his opponent is often described as the world’s...
eBay Bans Magic Potions, Curses, Spells
Lyneka Little - ABC News - 20 August 2012 Comments
Looking a for a spell that will make your partner lust for you and only you? Or a black magic revenge incantation to curse your enemy? Or maybe a good old-fashioned $51 demon-obliterating potion...
Rep. Todd Akin is wrong about rape and pregnancy, but he’s not alone
Sarah Kliff - The Washington Post - 20 August 2012 Comments
Rep. Todd Akin (Jeff Roberson | AP) Rep. Todd Akin, Missouri’s Republican Senate nominee, caused a public outcry Sunday when he told a local television station that “legitimate rape” rarely leads to...
Ed Kilgore - Political Animal - 20 August 2012 Comments
Barton’s Fall From Grace Political Animal Ed Kilgore Back in June I wrote about a new book by two conservative evangelical writers who took great issue with the take on Thomas Jefferson’s...
Richard Dawkins gets it right. Sarah Wollaston misunderstands.
Eric MacDonald - Choice in Dying - 20 August 2012 Comments
Richard Dawkins has put up a new essay on assisted dying over at richarddawkins.net , in response to the High Court’s decision in the case of Tony Nicklinson and someone named simply AM, who is...
Nasa's Curiosity rover zaps Mars rock
Jonathan Amos - BBC News - 20 August 2012 Comments
(A) Curiosity will trundle around its landing site looking for interesting rock features to study. Its top speed is about 4cm/s (B) This mission has 17 cameras. They will identify particular...
[update to a previous article] Richard Dawkins: received in the Holy Land, reviled in the Highlands
Hamish MacDonnell - The Independent - 20 August 2012 Comments
Hardline Presbyterians furious at celebrity atheist's invitation to Hebridean book festival Prof Dawkins was asked because organisers felt his views should be given a platform within the...
Atheists On Religion, Science, And Morality (The Point)
- - YouTube - townsquare - 19 August 2012 Comments
Can we prove there is no God? Does it make sense to equate religion with science? Do theists have a monopology on morality or is secular morality superior? Was Richard Dawkins right to bring up...
Pakistani girl accused of Qur'an burning could face death penalty
Jon Boone - The Guardian - 19 August 2012 Comments
Tensions rise between Muslim and Christian communities amid claims that 11-year-old desecrated text A Christian neighborhood in Islamabad. Around 900 Christians living on the city's outskirts...
Analysis: Why it’s irrational to risk women’s lives for the sake of the unborn
Peter Singer - The Scotsman - 19 August 2012 Comments
Abortion is a much-discussed issue in developed countries, but not so in countries like the Dominican Republic IN THE Dominican Republic last month, a pregnant teenager suffering from leukaemia...
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