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6th Nov 2009 : Carl Sagan's Last interview on Charlie Rose

6th Nov 2009 : An old grey mare named Twilight has provided an international team of researchers with the entire genetic code of a domestic horse.

5th Nov 2009 : A detailed picture of the seeds of structures in the universe has been unveiled by an international team co-led by Sarah Church of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology

4th Nov 2009 : The thing that immediately struck me was that, despite all the sharp put-downs, Dawkins is actually incredibly mild-mannered in person.

4th Nov 2009 : Author of 'The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution' shares his passion for spreading an understanding of scientific processes with the layperson.

4th Nov 2009 : The first in-depth televised investigation documenting an explosion of recent discoveries,

4th Nov 2009 : Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a theoretical model that informs the understanding of evolution and determines how quickly an organism will evolve using a catalogue of "evolutionary speed limits."

4th Nov 2009 : Depression might be evolution's way of fixing what ails us

4th Nov 2009 : Jerry Coyne explains 'Why Evolution Is True' (also the title of his excellent new book) at the Atheist Alliance International 2009 conference, sponsored by The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science.

3rd Nov 2009 : Dan Dennett links culture, evolution and philosophy during a lecture in Oslo.

3rd Nov 2009 : Success in Genetic Sequencing May Help in Combating Human Ailments, Including Obesity, Heart Disease

2nd Nov 2009 : The world's oldest spider web spun when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth has been found encased in a Prehistoric piece of amber from a beach in the south of England.

1st Nov 2009 : Featuring a superb cast and commentators including David Suzuki, Richard Dawkins, Jared Diamond and Iain McCalman, this is the story of how four young voyagers changed our world forever.

1st Nov 2009 : Richard Dawkins, who recently retired from the Oxford University faculty, is a canny, funny and beguiling biologist

1st Nov 2009 : The electrons could, in turn, be the result of decaying dark matter, but that, they said, is an argument they will make in a future paper.

30th Oct 2009 : Cornell researchers have discovered a genetic mechanism in fruit flies that prevents two closely related species from reproducing, a finding that offers clues to how species evolve.

29th Oct 2009 : ...IBM scientists are drilling nano-sized holes in computer-like chips and passing DNA strands through them...

29th Oct 2009 : Polls show a majority of Americans are concerned about the H1N1 virus (swine flu), but also about the safety and efficacy of the swine flu vaccine. Is it ethical to say no to this or any vaccine?

29th Oct 2009 : Approximately 120-130 million years ago, one of the most significant events in the history of the Earth occurred: the first flowering plants

29th Oct 2009 : It's not your average confession show: a panel of leading physicists spilling the beans about what keeps them tossing and turning in the wee hours.

28th Oct 2009 : The story of how the dinosaurs disappeared is getting more and more complicated

28th Oct 2009 : Richard Dawkins talks about his latest book "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence For Evolution" at the Edinburgh Book Festival 2009.

27th Oct 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

27th Oct 2009 : Palaeontologist Richard Forrest explains why the T. rex was a kitten compared with this monster

27th Oct 2009 : In the Muslim world, creationism is on the rise

27th Oct 2009 : ...“we are better off using a word that ordinary lay people actually understand”—the word ‘fact.’...

26th Oct 2009 : Fewer than 5,000 views to get a million

26th Oct 2009 : Press release on Publishers Marketplace

26th Oct 2009 : Sometimes you can become too well known.

25th Oct 2009 : Interview with Richard Dawkins on The Hour(Canadian)

25th Oct 2009 : Letters: Scientists Respond to Our Review of Richard Dawkins’s ‘Greatest Show on Earth’.

25th Oct 2009 : Evolution helps us imagine what aliens might be like

24th Oct 2009 : A critically ill Turkish boy has had his life saved after scientists were able to read his genome quickly and work out that he had a wrong diagnosis.

24th Oct 2009 : Michael Green is the new Lucasian chair of mathematics at Cambridge

23rd Oct 2009 : Richard Dawkins’ newest work is hugely rewarding but is it a book for the ages, asks RAJARAM NITYANANDA

23rd Oct 2009 : Hundreds of eminent scientists including Professor Richard Dawkins and six Nobel prizewinners are campaigning against plans to put an end to university research that is deemed worthless.

23rd Oct 2009 : It is the greatest animal battle on the planet, and it has finally been caught on camera.

22nd Oct 2009 : Transworld Publishers is delighted to announce the acquisition of a new book by Richard Dawkins , WHAT IS A RAINBOW, REALLY?, in collaboration with the renowned illustrator, Dave McKean.

22nd Oct 2009 : Lawrence Krauss gives a talk on our current picture of the universe, how it will end, and how it could have come from nothing. Krauss is the author of many bestselling books on Physics and Cosmology, including "The Physics of Star Trek."

22nd Oct 2009 : Review of Richard Dawkins' book signing and discussion at the Tribeca Barnes and Noble on Oct 21.

21st Oct 2009 : Extended Discussions with an Evolutionary Biologist

21st Oct 2009 : Although advances in medical care have improved standards of living over time, humans aren't entirely sheltered from the forces of natural selection, a new study shows.

20th Oct 2009 : A vociferous defender of Darwin, Richard Dawkins has a new book that lists the evidence that the theory of evolution explains how life on Earth came to be.

20th Oct 2009 : Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins was on Grounds Friday to discuss his new book

20th Oct 2009 : Video explains that Amazon currently mixes ratings and comments for Ray
Comfort's version of Origin with those of the "real" anniversary
edition thus giving buyers the wrong impression about the quality of
the respective books

20th Oct 2009 : ScienceDaily (Oct. 19, 2009) — A 21-year Michigan State University experiment that distills the essence of evolution in laboratory flasks not only demonstrates natural selection at work, but could lead to biotechnology and medical research advances, researchers sai

19th Oct 2009 : It won’t thrill his publishers to hear this, but Richard Dawkins appears largely uninterested in standard authorial topics like his new book, his writing habits or even himself. Instead he wants to talk about giant butterflies and tiny moths, worms disguised as snakes, why goats are related to whales and whether beetles have two sets of wings (they do, and for good reason).

17th Oct 2009 : The scientist talks about his guide to evolution, his own fame and why it's pointless to argue with creationists

16th Oct 2009 : Dr. Andy Thomson gives a talk on morality at the Atheist Alliance International 2009 Conference in Burbank, California. Dr. Thomson uses Francis Collins' claim that morality is proof of God as a jumping-off point to discuss what we know about how morality works and where it came from.

15th Oct 2009 : The evolution of altruism has long puzzled researchers and has mainly been explained previously from ultimate perspectives—

15th Oct 2009 : Researchers in China and the UK say they have discovered the fossils of a new type of flying reptile that lived more than 160 million years ago.

14th Oct 2009 : On Monday evening, October 12, I attended a lecture by Richard Dawkins on his new book The Greatest Show on Earth--The Evidence for Evolution which was held on the main campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. It was a very inspiring experience.

14th Oct 2009 : Pastafarians invite bestselling author Richard Dawkins

13th Oct 2009 : ...
Dawkins, a professorial fellow of New College in Oxford, is known for his promotion of “militant atheism." He has authored 10 books, including bestsellers “The God Delusion” and “The Selfish Gene.”...

13th Oct 2009 : The takeaway from this fascinating book, then, is that our being surrounded by endless forms, some most beautiful and wonderful, others dull and nasty, is no accident, but the direct consequence of evolution by non-random natural selection. It's the only game in town, the greatest show on earth.

13th Oct 2009 : Richard Dawkins chuckled when I told him he might have to travel on Billy Graham Parkway when he flies into town next week to speak at Queens University of Charlotte.

12th Oct 2009 : After taking acceptance of evolution for granted, the author addresses Darwin doubters in 'The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution.'

11th Oct 2009 : Tomorrow the Discovery Channel will show an Ardipithecus documentary.

11th Oct 2009 : Scientists have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the human genome...

10th Oct 2009 : Dawkins, who will read from his book Saturday at the Wordstock Festival recently spoke with The Oregonian.

10th Oct 2009 : The “early bird” Archaeopteryx may not be a bird, after all.

10th Oct 2009 : Bill O'Reilly Interviews/Debates Richard Dawkins on Atheism and Science in the Classroom.

10th Oct 2009 : PZ Myers' lecture at the Atheist Alliance International 2009 conference in Burbank, CA.

10th Oct 2009 : Richard Dawkins is interviewed on BBC 5 Live.

9th Oct 2009 : Richard Dawkins addresses Menlo School in Atherton, CA on October 5, 2009. In this clip (Part 1 of 8), Head of School Norm Colb and faculty member Jack Bowen introduce Dr. Dawkins.

9th Oct 2009 : Richard Dawkins is interviewed on The Lionel Show about his new book The Greatest Show on Earth.

8th Oct 2009 : Canadian scientists have become the first in the world to decode the DNA of breast cancer cells,

7th Oct 2009 : Richard Dawkins draws from an abundance of scientific resources to explain evolution and condemn it's doubters.

7th Oct 2009 : Laurence D. Hurst compares two seasoned authors’ strategies for explaining the difference between evolution fact and fantasy — Richard Dawkins’s thunder and Carl Zimmer’s poise.

6th Oct 2009 : Our planet may be home to more than 30 million different animals and plants. And every single one is locked in its own life-long fight for survival. Life uncovers some extraordinary strategies they’ve developed to stay alive and to breed.

6th Oct 2009 : ...the 2010 Global Atheist Convention, The Rise of Atheism, is taking place on 12-14 March in Melbourne...

5th Oct 2009 : Oh for God’s sake! An alert reader called my attention to two blog posts...

5th Oct 2009 : Richard Dawkins talks about why it's time for a book setting out the evidence for evolution, when calling someone ignorant isn't an insult, and how the media have made him into a militant atheist.

4th Oct 2009 : The world's most famous atheist sat down with Tapestry - a programme about religion - for an hour-long conversation.

4th Oct 2009 : Richard Dawkins's new defence of evolution makes an overwhelming case for what Darwin called descent with modification

4th Oct 2009 : With his latest book, creationist-basher Richard Dawkins believes he has amassed all the evidence he could ever need to convince unbelievers that Darwin was right. Now he just has to get them to read it...

2nd Oct 2009 : Geologists in southern India say they have found hundreds of dinosaur egg clusters which could be about 65 million years old.

2nd Oct 2009 : New study of the brain shows that facts and beliefs are processed in exactly the same way. News version of PLoS article The Neural Correlates of Religious and Nonreligious Belief.

1st Oct 2009 : The famous evolutionist’s new book, The Greatest Show on Earth, explains the science behind Darwin’s discipline. But will it convince creationists?

1st Oct 2009 : His Toronto appearance tonight at the Isabel Bader Theatre is sold out, but EYE WEEKLY Senior Editor Edward Keenan interviewed him by phone recently.

1st Oct 2009 : World renowned atheist Richard Dawkins was in studio talking with John Moore about his latest book "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

1st Oct 2009 : An ancient ape-like creature that may be a direct ancestor to our species has been described by researchers.

1st Oct 2009 : 300th EDGE Edition has over 7 hours of streaming video.

EDGE 1 article by Richard Dawkins includes comments from Murray Gell-Mann, Paul Davies,Charles Simonyi and many others.

1st Oct 2009 : Richard Dawkins is the guest on Stephen Colbert's "The Colbert Report."

29th Sept 2009 : Radio interview on cbc radio one

29th Sept 2009 : Richard Dawkins speaks in Toronto on Tuesday at 7pm at the Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. West.

28th Sept 2009 : Some say Richard Dawkins' 'The Greatest Show on Earth' is a direct attack on God. The author says if critics have a problem with what he writes, they should put up a valid argument of their own.

27th Sept 2009 : This is a showcase for the benefit of those who may be sceptical about their finer or deeper feelings, says Nicholas Lezard

27th Sept 2009 : More Americans believe in angels than in evolution—and Richard Dawkins isn't going to take it anymore.

27th Sept 2009 : In his controversial bestseller The God Delusion, evolutionary biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins attacked religious belief. He spoke with me about his new work, The Greatest Show on Earth, and his inimitable style. Excerpts:

26th Sept 2009 : Alan Alda talks to scientist Dan Lieberman about why the human ability to run could be an important prerequisite for the evolution of our bigger brains -- and the emergence of our human spark.

26th Sept 2009 : India's caste system stretches back thousands of years and was not largely a creation of colonial rule, as some historians claim, a genetic study has shown.

26th Sept 2009 : New discovery unearthed in rock formations in north-eastern China confirms birds evolved from dinosaurs, scientists claim

25th Sept 2009 : Could Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who again reaffirmed his belief last week that the Holocaust was a myth, land his own show on Fox News?

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