Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Note: The following has been re-posted from the original By ZACK KOPPLIN – WWW.RICHARDDAWKINS.NET Added: Wednesday, 17 November 2010 at 12:11 PM. You can Click here to go to that Original Article. A rare and welcome good news story – but please give your support if you can to ensure that Zach’s splendid work is … Read more
Just in case you have been on Mars and did not hear the news … there has been an announcement that we might have found a young Black Hole … born only 31 years ago in a mege-explosion … here is the picture … This composite image shows a supernova within the galaxy M100 that … Read more
Great interview with Christopher Hitchens in Today’s Guardian … here are a couple of extracts from it … In June Christopher Hitchens, the hard-drinking polemicist and atheist, met his toughest opponent yet when he was diagnosed with cancer. The question on many lips was: would his illness alter his beliefs – on Iraq, on Islam, … Read more
Threre was an interesting article in the Guardian yesterday… (as a side note, its always the Guardian that appears to have the really insightful interesting articles … is that because they are more or less the only UK paper that is not owned by a bond villain :-) ) OK, so here is what is … Read more
The following press release was issued a couple of days ago by the American Humanist Association … Humanists Launch Largest National Advertising Campaign Critical of Religious Scripture (Washington, D.C., November 9, 2010) A national multimedia ad campaign – the largest, most extensive ever by a godless organization – launches today and will include a spot on … Read more
Apparently there is to be a UN agency that will be responsible for the promotion of woman’s rights and both Iran and Saudi Arabia are bidding to get seats on the board. Its looks like they might even get them, Saudi Arabia is running uncontested, and Iran’s name has been put forward by the Asian … Read more