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ARCHBISHOP TAKES ON ATHEIST DAWKINS
- - EXPRESS.co.uk - 10 February 2012 128 Comments
The Archbishop of Canterbury and atheist Professor Richard Dawkins are set to go head to head to discuss man's greatest question. The Archbishop of Canterbury and atheist Professor Richard...
Alzheimer's brain plaques 'rapidly cleared' in mice
James Gallagher - BBC Health - 09 February 2012 20 Comments
Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients have been rapidly cleared by researchers testing a cancer drug on mice. The US study, published in the journal Science, reported...
UK Christian leaders warn religion is being pushed out of public life
Reuters staff - Reuters - 10 February 2012 72 Comments
RDFRS UK will be making two announcements next week which will be very relevant in the context of this article. Watch this space! (Dark clouds gather over Southwark Cathedral in London,...
Something from nothing? A conversation with Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins
ASU Origins Project - RDFRS - 04 February 2012 24 Comments
The ASU Origins Project and the Richard Dawkins Foundation are pleased to present: SOMETHING FROM NOTHING? A conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss Tickets Now On Sale! 7pm |...
Rare Martian meteorite given to science
Anna-Marie Lever, Jonathan Amos - BBC News Science & Environment - 09 February 2012 10 Comments
Dr Caroline Smith, Natural History Museum: Meteorite "most exciting in my career" A Martian meteorite, an incredibly rare object, has been given to science to help unravel the Red Planet's...
Canadian imams issue fatwa against honor killings
Ron Csillag - The Washington Post - 08 February 2012 122 Comments
Thanks to Helga Vierich for the links TORONTO — Muslim clerics in Canada have issued a fatwa against so-called “honor killings” a week after three members of an Afghan family in Montreal...
Sean Faircloth - RichardDawkins.net - 01 February 2012 75 Comments
The book "Attack of the Theocrats: How the Religious Right Harms Us All and What We Can Do About It" is available February 2012. Sean Faircloth served ten years in elected office before lobbying...
Bideford Town Council prayers ruled unlawful
- - BBC News - 10 February 2012 38 Comments
A Devon town council acted unlawfully by allowing prayers to be said before meetings, the High Court has ruled. Action was brought against Bideford Town Council by the National Secular Society...
Cardinal Edward Egan Just Withdrew His Apology for the Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal
Michael Brendan Dougherty - BusinessInsider.com - 09 February 2012 50 Comments
St. John Chrysostom once said , "The road to hell is paved with the skulls of bishops." Here's proof that he was right. In an interview this week with Connecticut Magazine, Cardinal Edward...
Application for Secular Club Rejected at Notre Dame - 2 years in a row
Steven Love - rd.net - 10 February 2012 27 Comments
Their application last year and this year were rejected. This year they were given a run around before the rejection. Sean Faircloth is scheduled to speak to a group at Notre Dame @7pm on...
Zebra stripes evolved to keep biting flies at bay
Victoria Gill - BBC Nature - 09 February 2012 29 Comments
The team placed the sticky model horses in a fly-infested field Why zebras evolved their characteristic black-and-white stripes has been the subject of decades of debate among scientists. ...
Calls to Behead Indonesian Atheist Alexander Aan
Presi Mandari - Jakarta Globe - 07 February 2012 167 Comments
Change.org petition Atheist Alliance Legal Support Fund (Thanks to Shem for the link) A defiant declaration of atheism by an Indonesian civil servant has inflamed passions in the world’s...
Q&A, Sean Faircloth on Secular Strategy, Romney & the Religious Right
Sean Faircloth - RichardDawkins.net - 02 February 2012 6 Comments
This is the Q&A for Faircloth's speech "Why Romney's Religion Matters" http://youtu.be/mEyc2Qw83aE The book "Attack of the Theocrats: How the Religious Right Harms Us All and What We Can...
Christopher Hitchens - Free Inquiry - 03 February 2012 50 Comments
If you haven’t read it, you will almost certainly have seen it: the critique of Professor Richard Dawkins that arraigns him for being too “strident” in his confrontations with his critics. According...
12 Visualizations That Will Change the Way You View Scale in Your World
Drew Skau - visual.ly - 10 February 2012 19 Comments
Scale is a simple concept. From a very early age, children know about big and small, heavy and light, more and less. Extreme scales, however, are another story. Try to imagine, for example,...
Fri. Feb10, 1pm EST - Rebroadcast of Lawrence Krauss/Richard Dawkins ASU event
- - Simon & Schuster - 09 February 2012 16 Comments
Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins discussed "Something from Nothing" on Feb 4, 2012 at ASU. The event (posted here on rd.net) will be rebroadcast on Friday 10 February at 1pm EST (GMT-5)....
Pope 'exorcised two men in the Vatican', claims new book
Nick Squires - The Telegraph - 09 February 2012 89 Comments
Thanks to Steve Zara for the link. The Pope has performed an exorcism, according to claims made in a new book Photo: GETTY In a new book, Father Amorth, the exorcist for the diocese of...
Gene therapy 'gave me sight back'
Helen Briggs - BBC News - Health - 09 February 2012 15 Comments
Three US citizens who lost their sight in childhood have reported a dramatic improvement in vision after having gene therapy in both eyes. There was some improvement after the genetic fault in...
Atheism: A New Strategy. Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science, US
Sean Faircloth - RichardDawkins.net - 16 January 2012 40 Comments
Christopher Hitchens said there was one goal he most wanted to achieve. The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science US offers "Six Ways to Reframe Secular Issues and Strategy" and, in...
America and Eurasia 'to meet at north pole'
Neil Bowdler - BBC News Science & Environment - 09 February 2012 15 Comments
America and Eurasia will crash into each other over the North Pole in 50-200 million years time, according to scientists at Yale University. They predict Africa and Australia will join the new...
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