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Two articles on the real-life ''CrocoDuck''

Telegraph.co.uk and CBSNews.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Richard appeared on the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio 2

Vote for secular nonprofit organizations on Facebook

Viktor Nagornyy - Rochester Atheism Examiner — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Chase is giving out $5 million to various charities

Computer Based on Insights From The Brain Moves Closer to Reality

PHYSORG.com — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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

Hey, preacher – leave those kids alone

Ariane Sherine - guardian.co.uk — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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

Evolution basics

Kartik Chandrashekhar - Down To Earth — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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

Hard Evidence

Christopher Hitchens - Slate — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Seven salient facts about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.

Vaccination:A Conversation Worth Having

Bill Maher - billmaher.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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