Two articles on the real-life ''CrocoDuck'' • Telegraph.co.uk and CBSNews.com • 20th Nov 2009

Five exotic crocodiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs 100 million years ago, including one sporting boar-like tusks and another with a duckbill snout, have been discovered in the Sahara.

Evolution and history compulsory • BBC • 20th Nov 2009

Primary school children in England will have to learn about evolution and British history under a shake-up of the national curriculum.

Just say no to sharia law • Peter Tatchell - guardian.co.uk • 20th Nov 2009

Let us support the courageous Muslims who, often at great personal risk, are campaigning against religious extremism. Note that there is a rally in London on Saturday.

Interview - Richard Dawkins • Gregg LaGambina - A.V. Club • 20th Nov 2009

In his most recent book, The Greatest Show On Earth: The Evidence For Evolution, Dawkins makes his case for evolutionary theory.

Bad Faith Awards 2009: the polls are open • Paul Sims - New Humanist • 20th Nov 2009

Who should win the 2009 Bad Faith Award? Vote now using the poll at the top right of this page - see shortlist below for more on the challengers.

Richard Dawkins on Jeremy Vine Show • Jeremy Vine - Interview Richard Dawkins • 19th Nov 2009

Richard appeared on the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio 2

Vote for secular nonprofit organizations on Facebook • Viktor Nagornyy - Rochester Atheism Examiner • 19th Nov 2009

Chase is giving out $5 million to various charities

Computer Based on Insights From The Brain Moves Closer to Reality • PHYSORG.com • 19th Nov 2009

IBM announced significant progress toward creating a computer system that simulates and emulates the brain's abilities for sensation, perception, action, interaction and cognition, while rivaling the brain's low power and energy consumption and compact size.

Atheists. Why they don't believe - Interview with Russell Blackford • Phil Kafcaloudes - Radio Australia • 19th Nov 2009

50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists. He speaks here with Phil Kafcaloudes about the non-religious life.

Banana Man • PZ Myers - Pharyngula & Eric Michael Johnson - Primate Diaries • 18th Nov 2009

If the wingnuts show up on your campus distributing Bananaman's version of Origin of Species, go out with as many friends as possible, and snap up as many copies as you can. Do everything possible to waste Bananabrain's money.

There is grandeur in this view of life • Richard Dawkins, AAI, RDFRS, Josh Timonen • 18th Nov 2009

Richard Dawkins' talk at the 2009 Atheist Alliance International Conference in Burbank, California.

Hey, preacher – leave those kids alone • Ariane Sherine - guardian.co.uk • 18th Nov 2009

The final phase of the atheist bus campaign will challenge the idea that children can be labelled with their parents' religion
[UPDATE]added link to an article in politics.co.uk

Non Religious Billboard Brings Controversy To Nashville • TheNashvilleFeed & NewChannel5.com • 18th Nov 2009

A new Nashville organization classifies itself as non-religious, but the group's billboard has stirred up a religious debate

Debate - Hitchens, Harris, Dennett vs Boteach, D'Souza, Taleb • YouTube - LaCiudaddelasIdeas • 18th Nov 2009

Debate - Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett vs Dinesh D'Souza, Shmuley Boteach, Nassim Taleb. Neutral: Robert Wright. La Ciudad de las Ideas 2009 Re-evolution

What to do about Ray Comfort's Origin give-away • PZ Myers - Pharyngula • 18th Nov 2009

Go to the NCSE's Don't Diss Darwin site

Evolution basics • Kartik Chandrashekhar - Down To Earth • 17th Nov 2009

His is not the first popular book on evolution. But there is something thrilling about the way Dawkins explains stuff.

BBC rejects call for non-religious speakers on Thought for the Day • Tara Conlan - guardian.co.uk • 17th Nov 2009

Trust rules that Radio 4 programme does not breach impartiality by not including views from atheists, secularists and humanists

Scientist's Dino Findings Making Waves • 60 Minutes - CBSNews.com • 17th Nov 2009

Scientist Thinks a "Dino Chicken" Could Be Created in Five Years By Reversing Evolution

Hard Evidence • Christopher Hitchens - Slate • 17th Nov 2009

Seven salient facts about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.

Vaccination:A Conversation Worth Having • Bill Maher - billmaher.com • 17th Nov 2009

Bill Maher responds to Open Letter from Michael Shermer.
[UPDATE]A couple of links added

Darwin's finches tracked to reveal evolution in action • Daniel Cressey - nature.com • 17th Nov 2009

[UPDATE] - good link in Wired added.
A new species of finch may have arisen in the Galapagos.

Richard Dawkins on the Ron Reagan Show tonight • Ron Reagan - Richard Dawkins Interview • 16th Nov 2009

Late announcement - Richard Dawkins will be on the Ron Reagan Show on Air America tonight.
[UPDATE] Link to podcast added

Best Blasphemy Awards Announced • Press Release - Center for Inquiry • 16th Nov 2009

...CFI is pleased to announce that Ken Peters of California is the Grand Prize winner of its Blasphemy Contest...

Denham's misplaced 'faith group' faith • AC Grayling - guardian.co.uk • 16th Nov 2009

John Denham pours scorn on secularists with his plans for an advisory body which represents less than 10% of the population

The Evolution of the God Gene • Nicholas Wade - New York Times • 16th Nov 2009

IN the Oaxaca Valley of Mexico, the archaeologists Joyce Marcus and Kent Flannery have gained a remarkable insight into the origin of religion.

Debate - Hitchens, Harris, Dennett vs Boteach, D'Souza, Wright • Cuidad de las ideas • 16th Nov 2009

Debate - Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett vs Dinesh D'Souza, Shmuley Boteach, Robert Wright.

When a child dies, faith is no defense • Jonathan Turley, Washington Post • 15th Nov 2009

Why do courts give believers a pass?

Faith groups to be key policy advisers • Jonathan Wynne-Jones - Telegraph.co.uk • 15th Nov 2009

Faith groups are to be given a central role in shaping government policies, a senior minister has vowed.

COMPLEXITY EXPLAINED: 9. How Did Complex Molecules Like Proteins and DNA Emerge Spontaneously? • Vinod K. Wadhawan - Nirmukta • 15th Nov 2009

How could the blind forces of Nature create large and highly information-laden molecules like DNA and proteins just by random processes?

Cell Size and Scale • Learn.Genetics University of Utah • 14th Nov 2009

The smallest objects that the unaided human eye can see are about 0.1 mm long. That means that under the right conditions, you might be able to see an ameoba proteus, a human egg, and a paramecium without using magnification

Godless Billboard Moved After Threats • PJ O'Keefe - WCPO Cincinnati OH • 14th Nov 2009

In the wake of multiple, significant threats, the downtown billboard that says “Don’t Believe In God? You are not alone” came down early Thursday morning.

An interview with a Taliban Trained Suicide Bomber {With English S/T} • umer123khan - YouTube • 13th Nov 2009

An interview with a Taliban trained Suicide Bomber With English Subtitles.

Mr. Deity & Cast at the AAI 2009 Conference • Mr. Deity, AAI, RDFRS, Josh Timonen • 13th Nov 2009

Mr. Deity and cast perform live skits from their excellent web series. Brian Dalton (Deity) explains his personal journey from Mormonism to creating the show.

Two articles on the FOXP2 gene which is involved in speech • NY Times and the blog Not Exactly Rocket Science • 13th Nov 2009

Of the 20,000 genes in the human genome, few are more fascinating than FOXP2, a gene that underlies the faculty of human speech.

The Eureka breakfast: Lord Rees on the values and value of science • Mark Henderson - TimesOnline • 12th Nov 2009

...the first in a series of science breakfasts organised by The Times to celebrate the launch of Eureka, our new magazine devoted to science, life and the planet...

CFI Releases Statement from Ibn Warraq in Response to Fort Hood Tragedy • Ibn Warraq - Center for Inquiry • 12th Nov 2009

In response to the recent tragic events at Fort Hood, Texas, the Center for Inquiry has released a statement from Ibn Warraq, Islamic scholar and leading figure in Quranic criticism.

Science in Hollywood • Carolyn Porco, RDFRS, AAI, Josh Timonen • 12th Nov 2009

Carolyn Porco examines how science and scientists are portrayed in the film industry. She also explains how she interprets some of the stunning imagery taken by the Cassini mission to Saturn and the outer planets, which she oversees.

Good Reasons for 'Believing' in God • Dan Dennett, AAI, RDFRS, Josh Timonen • 11th Nov 2009

Dan Dennett's talk at the AAI 2007 Conference in Washington, D.C.

The New Atheism • Richard Dawkins, AAI, RDFRS, Josh Timonen • 11th Nov 2009

Richard Dawkins talks about "The New Atheism" at the AAI 2007 Conference in Washington, D.C.

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Becoming Human • NOVAbeta • 11th Nov 2009

NOVA's comprehensive, three-part special, "Becoming Human," examines what the latest scientific research reveals about our hominid relatives.

Complete Genomics Gets Gene Sequencing Under $5,000 • Rob Waters - Bloomberg.com • 11th Nov 2009

That’s about one-tenth as cheap as the $48,000 effort reported in August by Helicos Biosciences Corp. of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The first human genome map was completed by researchers in 2001 at an estimated cost of more than $100 million...

Class Day Lecture 2009: The Uniqueness of Humans • Robert Sapolsky - Stanford University • 11th Nov 2009

Having been selected to talk by the Stanford University graduating class, Sapolsky spoke about the uniqueness of humans in relation to the rest of the animal world.

Darwinopterus v Dawkins • Jonathan Sarfati - Creation Ministries International • 11th Nov 2009

Pterosaur ‘missing link’ poses problems for a Dawkins’ evolutionary story in The Greatest Show on Earth

Mr. Deity and Death • Mr. Deity - YouTube • 11th Nov 2009

Mr. Deity has to deal with an angry Death, whose day goes from bad to worse.

Can We Talk About Religion, Please? • Randy Cohen - New York Times • 10th Nov 2009

My political beliefs, my ideas about social justice, are as deeply held as my critics’ religious beliefs, but I don’t ask them to treat me with reverence, only civility.

British biologist Dawkins puts on evolutionary 'Show' • Dave Verbonitz - TulsaWorld • 10th Nov 2009

...putting aside attacks on religion to produce instead a thorough explanation of how humans and other life forms are linked through evolution.

It's too bad Dawkins has alienated some people • Steve Goble - MansfieldNewsJournal.com • 10th Nov 2009

...the science he presents in "Greatest Show" is breathtaking.

Carl Sagan remembered • Phil Plait - BadAstronomy • 10th Nov 2009

Post and video about yesterday's Carl Sagan Day event in Florida.