Intelligent Design packets • BBC London, Graham Wright • 16th Dec 2006

BBC News story about the Intelligent Design packets sent to UK schools featuring Graham Wright.

The Blasphemy Challenge • The Rational Response Squad • 15th Dec 2006

"The Blasphemy Challenge" Rewards Participants for Demonstrating Non- Belief on YouTube

The Race Goes On!... (extinction of the Baiji Dolphin) • August Pfluger, baiji.org • 14th Dec 2006

The baiji is Functionally extinct. Lipotes vexilifier is the first species of cetacean – whales, dolphins and porpoises – to disappear from our globe in modern times…the first large mammal to go extinct as a result of man's destruction of their natural habitat and ressources.

China's white dolphin called extinct after 20 million years • AP, CNN.com • 14th Dec 2006

An expedition searching for a rare Yangtze River dolphin ended Wednesday without a single sighting and with the team's leader saying one of the world's oldest species was effectively extinct.

Science Weekly for December 11: Creationism special • Bobbie Johnson, Guardian.co.uk • 13th Dec 2006

With creationism and intelligent design apparently making headway in UK science classrooms, we present a special edition of the show that tackles the issues head on.

The A to Z Guide to Political Interference in Science (US) • Union of Concerned Scientists • 13th Dec 2006

The United States government bears great responsibility for keeping our environment clean and Americans healthy and safe.

Simon Mayo interviews Keith Ward about his book 'Is Religion Dangerous?' • BBC Radio • 13th Dec 2006

An interview on BBC Radio Five Live by Simon Mayo with Keith Ward, a professor at Oxford, on 'Is Religion Dangerous'.

Atheists' bleak alternative • Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist • 13th Dec 2006

FROM THE land that produced "A Christmas Carol" and Handel's "Messiah," more evidence that Christianity is fading in Western Europe: Nearly 99 percent of Christmas cards sold in Great Britain contain no religious message or imagery.

In case you didn't know I'm a fool, here's an article to prove it. • Dr Mark Dooley, Daily Mail, Ireland • 13th Dec 2006

...so it's high time we faced down the angry, sneering atheists like Dawkins whose only creed is 'me, me, me.'

Religion for a Captive Audience, Paid For by Taxes • Diana B. Henriques and Andrew Lehren • 12th Dec 2006

[T]he only way an inmate could qualify for this kinder mutation of prison life was to enter an intensely religious rehabilitation program and satisfy the evangelical Christians running it that he was making acceptable spiritual progress.

Julia Sweeney on The Late Show with Craig Ferguson • The Late Show, CBS • 12th Dec 2006

Julia Sweeney is the guest on The Late Show with Craig Ferguson to promote her new book and CD 'Letting Go of God.'

Vicars in a Twist • Viz, issue 161 • 12th Dec 2006

In his recent book, The God Delusion, Oxford egghead Richard Dawkins asserts that there is no more reason to believe in God than there is to believe in fairies at the bottom of the garden.

Gershom Gorenberg on Christian Zionism • NPR Fresh Air • 12th Dec 2006

NPR looks into the Christian Zionist movement, made up of evangelical Christians who see the rebirth of Israel as a prelude to the second coming of Christ.

Ken Miller on Intelligent Design • Case Western University • 12th Dec 2006

Ken Miller's talk on Intelligent Design at Case Western University.

An Exercise in Contempt • Richard Kirk • 12th Dec 2006

In truth, Dawkins' entire book is an exercise in contempt -- summarily dismissing Thomas Aquinas' theological arguments and devoting less than 100 breezy pages to the whole issue of God's existence.

Faith's Last Gasp • A.C. Grayling • 12th Dec 2006

On the basis of apparently incontrovertible evidence, commentators of various persuasions, among them Eric Kaufmann in the last issue of Prospect, John Gray, writing recently in the New Statesman, and Damon Linker, author of The Theocons: Secular America Under Siege (Doubleday) are convinced that we are witnessing an upsurge in religious observance and influence.

The Panel with Richard Dawkins • RTÉ 2, Ireland, Richard Dawkins • 12th Dec 2006

Richard Dawkins is the guest on The Panel, RTÉ 2 Ireland.

Richard Dawkins on The Late Late Show with Pat Kenny • RTÉ 1, Ireland, Richard Dawkins • 10th Dec 2006

Richard Dawkins with Pat Kenny on The Late Late show, 2006-12-09.

Sunday Sequence with William Crawley • Richard Dawkins • 10th Dec 2006

William Crawley takes his weekly look at matters religious and ethical. Richard Dawkins is his guest.

The Atheist Delusion: a pisspoor presentation • Edward Current • 8th Dec 2006

God is real. And he's unbelievable.

Book answers the atheists' prayers • Robert Colbeck • 8th Dec 2006

At last, here was someone with an unimpeachable academic background prepared to articulate views that, even in today's supposedly enlightened times, would brand him in the eyes of many as a heretic.

God's Inbox • Time Magazine • 7th Dec 2006

Richard Dawkins is sending God emails.

A man who believes in Darwin as fervently as he hates God • Rod Liddle / The Spectator • 7th Dec 2006

In the downstairs loo of Richard Dawkins's house in Oxford there's a framed award from the Royal Society...

Ministers to ban creationist teaching aids in science lessons • James Randerson, The Guardian • 7th Dec 2006

Schools will be told not to use special pack; Intelligent design group asks for meeting

Book a Day • John Allemang : The Globe and Mail • 6th Dec 2006

Stephen Harper, no friend of the secular state, likes to end his speeches with the war cry "God bless Canada."

Intelligent Design teaching materials sent to UK schools • Newsnight • 6th Dec 2006

Newsnight ran a segment about the dissemination of Intelligent Design teaching materials in the UK.

The God Delusion in Private Eye • Private Eye, Dec 2006 • 6th Dec 2006

The God Delusion is featured in Private Eye during December 2006.

In Search of Lost Time • Jo Marchant / Nature • 5th Dec 2006

The ancient Antikythera Mechanism doesn't just challenge our assumptions about technology transfer over the ages — it gives us fresh insights into history itself.

When Atheists Have Their Say (5 Letters) • Letters to the Editor • 4th Dec 2006

To the Editor:

Re "A Modest Proposal for a Truce on Religion," by Nicholas D.
Kristof (column, Dec. 3):

Contrary to Mr. Kristof's opinion, it isn't "intolerant" or "fundamentalist" to point out that there is no good reason to believe that one of our books was dictated by an omniscient deity.

Intelligent Design: The Clincher. A butterfly explodes the theory • Jack Woodall • 4th Dec 2006

At first sight, nothing could seem less intelligent than the design of a flying insect. From an egg laid in or on a food supply, it hatches into a slow-moving eating machine that keeps outgrowing its skin, so that it has to molt every few days.

Richard Dawkins: You Ask The Questions Special • The Independent, Richard Dawkins • 4th Dec 2006

The scientist, author and campaigning atheist answers your questions, such as 'What would you say at the gates of heaven?'

The delusion of Christianity: Fairy tales that changed the world • BoreMe.com • 3rd Dec 2006

A great slideshow about the delusion of Christianity.

The godless guru • Sarah Boyd / The Dominion Post • 3rd Dec 2006

Richard Dawkins thinks it's time we dropped our delusional ideas about the existence of God. But Britain's most outspoken atheist admits to a fondness for Christian rituals and wishes more people would read the King James Bible. He talks to Sarah Boyd.

O Come All Ye Unfaithful • Steven Wells / Philadelphia Weekly • 3rd Dec 2006

It's been a rough week for Richard Dawkins. Touring the U.S. to promote his new book The God Delusion, the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University is barely recovered from a trip into the belly of the Bible-believing beast.

A Modest Proposal for a Truce on Religion • Nicholas D. Kristof / NYTimes.com • 3rd Dec 2006

If God is omniscient and omnipotent, you can't help wondering why she doesn't pull out a thunderbolt and strike down Richard Dawkins.

Spectator: Books of the Year • Davil Gilmour • 2nd Dec 2006

One can hardly read a page without feeling that, if only monotheistic fundamentalists everywhere (in America as well as Asia) could absorb even a tenth of it, the world would be a safer and more peaceful place.

Justices to Decide if Citizens May Challenge White House's Religion-Based Initiative • Linda Greenhouse/NY Times • 2nd Dec 2006

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether private citizens are entitled to go to court to challenge activities of the White House office in charge of the Bush administration's religion-based initiative.

The faithful have departed • Susan Blackmore • 29th Nov 2006

If you listen to our government, or even much of the media, you could easily assume that nearly everyone belongs to a "faith community", and that anyone who doesn't (like me) is in the minority.

Violent video games leave teenagers emotionally aroused • Radiological Society of North America • 29th Nov 2006

A new study has found that adolescents who play violent video games may exhibit lingering effects on brain function, including increased activity in the region of the brain that governs emotional arousal and decreased activity in the brain's executive function, which is associated with control, focus and concentration.

Smoking changes brain chemistry • Radiological Society of North America • 29th Nov 2006

Chronic smoking affects nerve cells and alters the chemical makeup of the brain, according to research presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

The end of one law for all? • Innes Bowen / BBC • 28th Nov 2006

Ethnic and religious courts are gaining ground in the UK. Will this lead to different justice for different people?

Marine Life Leaped From Simple to Complex After Greatest Mass Extinction • Andrew C. Revkin • 28th Nov 2006

At least five mass extinctions, most presumably caused by asteroids that struck the earth, have transformed global ecology in the half-billion years since the emergence of multicelled life, lopping entire branches from the evolutionary tree and causing others to flourish.