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by Richard Dawkins   Harry Kroto is dead. One of the most distinguished scientists of our time, Sir Harry shared the 1996 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with his co-discoverers of Buckminsterfullerene, the astonishing C60 molecule which has become known by his informal coining, “Buckyballs”. I didn’t know him particularly well, but we spent time together …

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As a former liberal Christian, I was particularly eager to understand liberal clergy. I was bothered by the negative response from some of them after our pilot study was published. They complained that we didn’t get it – that we saw things as black and white, just as fundamentalist Christians do, that we were missing …

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by Richard Dawkins The common cold is not serious enough to warrant high levels of medical attention, but it is unpleasant, debilitating, and economically costly if you add up its effects over a whole population. The family of viruses responsible for colds can infect through the air, but the favoured method is surface-to-surface contact. You …

This week’s question comes from Helen E. Helen writes, “As a medical provider [against murder- including capital punishment and war] I’ve been fighting against insanity here in the USA that the intentional termination of pregnancy is NOT murdering babies! How do we frame agreement on legal abortion as a moral secularist?   Our favorite answer …

by Richard Dawkins Stephen Potter, in one of his splendid “lifemanship” series of books, recommends odd socks as a woomanship ploy to arouse the maternal instincts (“Buy our patent Oddsox brand”). But there’s a much better reason to wear odd socks. How many hours have been taken out of your life in quest of a …

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“There is not a damn thing wrong with you being an theist. So don’t apologize for it. When people you care about act as if you’ve wounded them by not believing in God an by telling them about it, it can be painful to deal with. After all, when people tell us that we’ve hurt …

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Bestselling author of The Selfish Gene Professor Richard Dawkins and fellow evolutionary biologist and television presenter Dr Yan Wong talk about the new updated version of their original work on evolution, The Ancestor’s Tale. The book was originally published in 2004. It is a pilgrimage back in time through four billion years to the origin …

This week’s question comes from Tristan M. Tristan asks, “It seems to me that the marriage ceremony is a fulcrum for the perpetuation of blind belief. People would like to marry and families benefit from a stated commitment. Is there a secular / non-denominational / atheist format for conducting such a union/marriage. Also who, apart from priests and …