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Professor Richard Dawkins discusses his latest book, "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution"
I gather that Tim Tebow is extremely good at football. That's just as well, for he certainly isn't very good at thinking. Perhaps the fact that he was home schooled by missionary parents is to blame.
The evangelist who says the Haiti earthquake is retribution for sin is at least true to his religion. This is an expanded version of the article already published on the Washington Post's 'On Faith' blog under a different title.
We know what caused the catastrophe in Haiti. It was the bumping and grinding of the Caribbean Plate rubbing up against the North American Plate: a force of nature, sin-free and indifferent to sin, un-premeditated, unmotivated, supremely unconcerned with human affairs or human misery.
Richard reading from Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder set to music and video.
I’d like to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Newton’s Day, Winter Solstice or whatever you like to call it, and a very Happy New Year.
All donations until December 31 will be matched by Richard AND Todd Stiefel—tripling your donation!
Listen to Richard read his contribution to The Atheist's Guide to Christmas, edited by Ariane Sherine. Richard Dawkins channels the spirit of PG Wodehouse
“I say, Jeeves, cluster round.”
“Sir?”
[UPDATE] 4 additional segments from InYourFaceNewYorker
Darwinian theory was the best idea of all time, but why did it take so long to evolve? And what if we had 16 fingers?
I should have been a child naturalist. I had every advantage: not only the perfect early environment of tropical Africa but what should have been the perfect genes to slot into it.
Richard Dawkins will speak about his new book Dec 12 & Dec 13
Today, 56 newspapers from 47 countries, in 20 languages, are simultaneously printing a shared editorial about climate change.
I was delighted when Michael wrote to tell me about http://www.youngfreethought.com/. So delighted that I hope you will overlook my age and allow me to explain why I think you are making such a valiant contribution to the cause of atheism, rationalism and secularism.
Richard Dawkins is interviewed by Doug Fabrizio for The University of Utah Radio 90.1 fm.
Richard Dawkins is interviewed on the Alan Colmes Show during his 2009 US book tour.
For the first time, this Intelligence Squared debate was live-streamed over the internet, allowing people to watch, and participate, from anywhere in the world.
Richard Dawkins talks about Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, which was published on 24 November 1859.
Richard appeared on the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio 2
Richard Dawkins' talk at the 2009 Atheist Alliance International Conference in Burbank, California.
Late announcement - Richard Dawkins will be on the Ron Reagan Show on Air America tonight.
[UPDATE] Link to podcast added
Richard Dawkins talks about "The New Atheism" at the AAI 2007 Conference in Washington, D.C.
Richard Dawkins talks about his latest book "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence For Evolution" at the Edinburgh Book Festival 2009.
While science is indelibly distinct from the field of ethics, Richard Dawkins believes that there are a number of ways in which it could greatly benefit our ability to understand and repair the worlds suffering.
[UPDATE] entire 34' interview link added
Norman Levitt (1943-2009)
What major institution most deserves the title of greatest force for evil in the world?
Richard Dawkins is interviewed on BBC 5 Live.
Richard Dawkins is the guest on Stephen Colbert's "The Colbert Report."
More Americans believe in angels than in evolution—and Richard Dawkins isn't going to take it anymore.
Contribution to The Atheist’s Guide to Christmas (in press, 2009). Ed Ariane Sherine. London: Harper Collins.
Science thrives on actively encouraging criticism – scientists should not have to be constantly looking over their shoulder
Richard Dawkins explains how and why the Giant Tortoises of Galapagos evolved on each of the different islands. He shows how the different shell shapes evolved to help the tortoises adapt to environments on the different islands.
The Wall Street Journal commissioned Karen Armstrong and Richard Dawkins to respond independently to the question, "Where does Evolution Leave God?" Both knew that the other one was writing to the same commission. Neither knew what the other was saying. Here are the results.
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Richard Dawkins explains the related egg-laying habits of Nazca Boobies, Blue Footed Boobies and Gannetts. These evolved adaptations may seem cruel to us, but the genes for these varying insurance policies get passed on through the surviving chicks to future generations.
Richard Dawkins gives an introduction to his new book "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution." He explains why this book was necessary, and what readers can expect from this highly-anticipated work.
Richard Dawkins explains how the distribution of life on Earth's continents and islands is exactly as we should expect if life evolved, and exactly how we should not expect if it had been created.
The way in which wolves adapted to the environment to turn into dogs reveals another insight into evolution
People who reject the theory of evolution should be placed on a level with Holocaust deniers, argues an author in his controversial new book
Richard Dawkins explains how vestigial organs like the stubby wings of the Flightless Cormorant were one of Darwin's key arguments for Evolution.
Richard Dawkins shows how the relatively young island chain of Hawaii acts as a nursery of evolution as it moves over a volcanic hotspot in the Pacific Ocean, generating new islands. He shows how Drosophila flies have diverged on the different islands, driven by sexual selection.
Richard Dawkins explains how microscopic algae called Diatoms uniquely evolved in Yellowstone Lake.
Richard Dawkins explains how fungus-farming ants from Central and South America make their living.
Richard Dawkins shows just how similar the Human and Chimpanzee genomes really are, with the help of a great visual from the University of Nebraska Museum.
Richard Dawkins clears up the misunderstanding of Evolution that is all too common: If we descended from Chimpanzees, then why are there still Chimpanzees? Dawkins explains that we DID NOT descend from Chimpanzees—we both share a common ancestor.
Richard Dawkins shows how whales evolved from a cloven-hoofed ancestor, and reveals whales' closest modern-day cousin.
I have just returned from the Darwin Festival, which is running this week in Cambridge as one of the main commemorative events of this Darwin bicentenary year.
This four-part science series uncovers the anatomical secrets of some of the animal kingdom's most extraordinary species.
All our ancestors came from the sea and obviously went through great trouble to leave the sea and radically change to live on land.
Richard Dawkins interviews Craig Venter for "The Genius of Charles Darwin".
Richard Dawkins is interviewed for Australian ABC TV Compass.
With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how do we sift out the misinformation and bogus claims, and get to the truth? Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine lays out a "Baloney Detection Kit," ten questions we should ask when encountering a claim.
The Templeton Foundation organizes an annual meeting in Cambridge where science journalists are invited (and paid very handsomely, not to speak but to listen! When were you last paid to go and be a part of the audience at a conference?).
Richard Dawkins' talk from his March 2009 American tour.
Richard Dawkins interviews Peter Singer for "The Genius of Charles Darwin".
The Open University lecture Dawkins gave on 17 March 2009 has been posted, in four parts along with a post-lecture discussion, and is also available for viewing and download.
Update 6/13 - link to a compiled version of all videos in the set added
Richard Dawkins interviews Steven Pinker for "The Genius of Charles Darwin", the Channel 4 UK TV program which won British Broadcasting Awards' "Best Documentary Series" of 2008.
Douglas Adams moderates a discussion between Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Steven Pinker and Jared Diamond. 4 YouTube clips
The respected science writer Simon Singh is being sued under the British libel laws (which are rapidly becoming an international laughing stock).
Richard Dawkins interviews Daniel Dennett for "The Genius of Charles Darwin", the Channel 4 UK TV program which won British Broadcasting Awards' "Best Documentary Series" of 2008.
This is the third of my encounters with John Lennox, all organized by the Fixed Point Foundation, which is an American Christian organization.
The full video of Richard Dawkins's appearance at the Origins Symposium on 6 April, a conversation with Paul Davies, is now up at The Science Network.
Richard Dawkins at the American Atheists 2009 conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
The author of the God Delusion responds to Tony Blair's article on faith in last week's New Statesman
This is Richard Dawkins' special introduction to his lecture at the University of Oklahoma on March 6th, 2009.
The myth-tormented imagination of the poet Yeats soared over the western horizon to a dream world of blissful islands, the Islands of the Blest, the Country of the Young.
Richard Dawkins says atheists should be just as forthright in their views as those who believe God is real. The prominent atheist talks about why he wants to convert more to his way of thinking.
On the 30th of September 2007, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens sat down for a first-of-its-kind, unmoderated 2-hour discussion, convened by RDFRS and filmed by Josh Timonen.
Darwin day conversation at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
What on earth were you thinking when you produced a garish cover proclaiming that "Darwin was wrong" (24 January)?
Richard Dawkins explains his picks for the seven wonders of the world in this program from 1997.
Richard Dawkins is interviewed about Darwin, on Darwin's 200th birthday.
Why we really do need to know the amazing truth about evolution, and the equally amazing intellectual dishonesty of its enemies
RichardDawkins.net now has a youtube channel now that allows long videos, so I've uploaded Growing Up in the Universe in high-quality, full-length episodes!
Professor Richard Dawkins explains the importance of Charles Darwin, what evolution means and why the National Geographic Channel should celebrate the bi-centenary of his birth.
Hear four distinguished thinkers -- Benjamin Carson, Francis Collins, Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett -- in a provocative discussion of "Science and Faith," recorded in Beverly Hills, California in 2006. The discussion is moderated by journalist Kathleen Matthews.
Jill Mytton left a religious cult as a young adult, and now helps counsel people who are struggling with life after leaving cult environments.
This is the uncut interview from the Channel 4 TV program 'The Root of All Evil?'
This is the uncut interview with Randolph Nesse from the 'The Genius of Charles Darwin.'
Charles Darwin effectively rewrote the history of not only Man, but every living thing on the planet. This special section looks at the legacy of the man whose ideas changed everything
I wonder whether people might send in all their bus slogan suggestions, to form an orderly list on this page, so that we can survey a gathered field and make a choice.
'The God Delusion's' author, a backer of a British Humanist Assn. bus ad campaign, talks about the collision of science and religion.
Dawkins speculates about how a human-chimp hybrid or the discovery of a living Homo erectus would change the way we see the world
So does Britain's most famous atheist, Richard Dawkins, eat turkey and open presents - or is 25 December a day like any other?
More than a quarter of science teachers in state schools believe that creationism should be taught alongside evolution in science lessons, according to a national poll of primary and secondary teachers.
This is the full, uncut interview with Professor Michael Baum which was filmed for Channel 4's "The Enemies of Reason."
I thought this was a fun little exchange to share.
Forget Nativity plays, a different kind of Christmas show is coming to town. And with a talk by Richard Dawkins and stand-up by Ricky Gervais, it's a gift for the non-believer, says Julian Hall
This is the full uncut interview filmed for the Channel 4 TV program "The Enemies of Reason."
This is the full uncut interview with Father George Coyne which was omitted from Richard Dawkins' television program "The Genius of Charles Darwin" for Channel 4 in the UK.
Richard Dawkins sits down with Aubrey Manning to discuss Ethology, their time at Oxford, the state of life on Earth, and more.
Richard Dawkins considers another of the extraordinary creatures that helped inspire Darwin's theory of evolution.
Richard Dawkins is interviewed by Bill Heine on BBC Radio Oxford about the success of The God Delusion, the recent Sony video game fiasco, his retirement from Oxford and more.
Nearly 300 people came together to discuss issues ranging from apostasy, the freedom to criticise and renounce religion, Sharia law and civil society and creationism, faith schools and religious education.