Nate Phelps on growing up in 'the most hated family in America' • Kevin Libin - National Post • 21st Mar 2010

Nate Phelps was in Calgary this week, speaking to the University of Calgary's Centre for Inquiry.

Exclusive Interview with Satan at a Café near the Vatican • David DiSalvo - Brainspin - True/Slant • 21st Mar 2010

Were you, as reported by the Vatican’s Chief Exorcist, Gabriele Amorth, lurking in the Vatican?

Mysterious 'Dark Flow' May Be Tug of Other Universe • Irene Klotz - Discovery News • 21st Mar 2010

A structure, possibly another universe beyond the horizon of our own, appears to be pulling at our world.

Do Twilight, Harry Potter open door to the Devil? • Linda Morris - The Sydney Morning Herald • 21st Mar 2010

THE appointment of a new exorcist by Sydney's Catholic Church precedes a warning by a senior clergyman that generation Y risks a dangerous fascination with the occult

Quebecers rally to put secularism on agenda • Marian Scott - The Gazette • 21st Mar 2010

'Bottom line,' says Daniel Cere, a professor of religion and public policy at McGill, 'it's a problem with a new religious community,which is Islam'

Pope Ratzinger - A Failed Letter Of Apology • Michael Campbell - Young Freethought • 21st Mar 2010

Today’s letter published by the Vatican, written by the current Pope, Joseph Ratzinger, is a subversive excuse for a true apology and an honest acknowledgment of guilt on the part of the pontiff.

AC Grayling and Russell Blackford discuss Atheism • singularitysoup YouTube • 21st Mar 2010

AC Grayling and Russell Blackford discuss Atheism and related topics (i.e. Secularism) at the Nova Cinema in Carlton, Melbourne Australia. The event was sponsored by Readings bookstore.

The faith trap • Richard Dawkins - On Faith - The Washington Post • 20th Mar 2010

At a lunch party I was placed next to a well-known female rabbi, now ennobled. She asked me, somewhat belligerently, whether I said grace when it was my turn to do so at High Table dinner in my Oxford college.

Black Infidels: Harvard's New Humanist Magazine • Sikivu Hutchinson - The New Humanism • 20th Mar 2010

...reflects conventional wisdom about African American communities and faith. Namely, that African Americans are so unquestioningly religious that having any other viewpoint is grounds for "revocation" of one's race credentials.

COMPLEXITY EXPLAINED: 16. Evolution of Intelligence and Consciousness • Vinod K. Wadhawan - Nirmukta • 20th Mar 2010

The human brain is a physical organ, governed by the laws of physics. The mind is ‘brain power,’ or the capacity of the brain to feel, think, and reason. The brain carries the mind, as well as what we often call consciousness...

Ending the pretense of faith • Paula Kirby - The Washington Post • 19th Mar 2010

Question: What should pastors do if they no longer hold the defining beliefs of their denomination?

What does it mean to be human? • Smithsonian • 19th Mar 2010

Excellent resources and new exhibits at the Smithsonian

The Pope, the Prophet, and the religious support for evil • Johann Hari - The Independent • 19th Mar 2010

What can make tens of millions of people – who are in their daily lives peaceful and compassionate and caring – suddenly want to physically dismember a man for drawing a cartoon

SPIKED Christian Values • Catherine Deveny • 19th Mar 2010

The article below didn’t get a run last week. To be honest, I have no problem being spiked. That’s going to happen every now and then seeing as though what I write can get pretty edgy. Nature of the beast. It’s a deeply conservative broadsheet newspaper.

Morality, with limits • Russell Blackford - guardian.co.uk • 19th Mar 2010

We can't expect people to be either as self-denying as conservatives or as altruistic as liberals seem to want

Dissident theologian Hans Kung calls on Pope to issue • Richard Owen - TimesOnline • 18th Mar 2010

Benedict is expected to sign a letter tomorrow to the faithful in Ireland after his talks with Irish bishops last month, when he described sex abuse as a grave sin and a "heinous crime".

Skeptical clergy a silent majority? • Daniel C. Dennett - The Washington Post • 18th Mar 2010

Here are some questions that have haunted me for years. How many preachers actually believe what they say from the pulpit?

His fortune polishes atheists' reputation • Yonat Shimron - newobserver.com • 18th Mar 2010

"We're equally capable of being ethical as people who are religious," he said. "We just want to be good for goodness' sake."

Richard Dawkins Interview • Mark Sainsbury - Close Up - TVNZ • 18th Mar 2010

The man who puts fear into the hearts of those who believe in God - Richard Dawkins interview on Close Up with Mark Sainsbury

Libel reform - urgent next steps • libelreform.org • 17th Mar 2010

Please come to the House of Commons for a mass lobby meeting at 2pm Tuesday 23rd March.

Nazis, earthworms and dodgy journalism • [UPDATE 2 - 20-Mar] - Jason Ball - young australian skeptics • 17th Mar 2010

...misquoted evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, which has resulted in a misunderstanding being propagated throughout the entire Australian media at the detriment of Richard Dawkins’ name.

Flowering Plants May Be Considerably Older Than Previously Thought • ScienceDaily • 17th Mar 2010

Flowering plants may be considerably older than previously thought, says a new analysis of the plant family tree.

Merkel: Sex abuse scandal major challenge • [Update 17-Mar] 2 more articles on RCC pedophilia in Germany and Austria - Melissa Eddy - AP • 17th Mar 2010

Chancellor Angela Merkel called the sex abuse scandal rocking the homeland of Pope Benedict XVI a major challenge to German society and warned the only way to come to terms with it was to "find out everything that has happened."

Catholic church sex scandal rocks faithful in Brazil • The Sydney Morning Herald • 17th Mar 2010

Child sex scandals roiling the Roman Catholic church spread to Brazil Tuesday after the Vatican said three priests were under investigation following allegations of child abuse.

Atheism is a broad church • Catherine Deveny - National Times • 17th Mar 2010

WHAT were we going to talk about all weekend? Nothing?

Dawkins preaches to the deluded against the divine • Melanie Phillips - The Australian • 16th Mar 2010

LIKE revivalists from an alternative universe, 2500 hardcore believers in the absence of religion packed into the Global Atheists Convention in Melbourne last weekend to give a hero's welcome to the high priest of belief in unbelief, Richard Dawkins.

Fossil of Early Terrestrial Amphibian Discovered • ScienceDaily • 16th Mar 2010

A team of researchers from Carnegie Museum of Natural History has described a new genus and species of carnivorous amphibian from western Pennsylvania.

Richard Dawkins - Radio Live Interview • Graeme Hill - Radio Live New Zealand • 16th Mar 2010

Richard Dawkins, eminent zoologist, evolutionary biologist and devout non-believer in the studio and taking calls. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:00

Shrimp Dinner Found Beneath Antarctic Ice • Seth Borenstein - DiscoveryNews/AP • 16th Mar 2010

Higher orders of life can apparently thrive in even the most extreme environments.

The Great Catholic Cover-Up • Christopher Hitchens - Slate • 15th Mar 2010

The pope's entire career has the stench of evil about it.

Edge of reason: The lonely reign of Benedict XVI • Faith - independent.co.uk • 15th Mar 2010

The authoritarian leader of the world's Catholics promised to restore the purity of his church. So why is it still plagued by scandal upon scandal? Peter Popham reports

Richard Dawkins Radio Interview • Triple J with John Safran and Father Bob • 15th Mar 2010

Richard Dawkins. Documentary film director, Carla Garapedian points out the horrors of modern genocide. Author, Sarah Dunant, takes us inside the convent walls of Renaissance Italy. And we hear a song from Catholic singer/songwriter, Eddi Reader, of Fairground Attraction fame for Religious Song of the Week.

Richard Dawkins - Gratitude Evolution & Vice Versa • Alastair Thompson - Scoop Independent News • 15th Mar 2010

A packed Michael Fowler Center was filled with fans of rational thought, many carrying copies of books by their hero in the battle against evolution deniers and woolly thinking.

Goodbye to the bishops • [Update 15-Mar] Polly Toynbee - guardian.co.uk • 15th Mar 2010

The Lords is for people of all faiths and none: there is no space for reserved benches for the clergy.
[Update]- Sign the pledge, send a letter.

Pollies in the no-God squad • Josh Gordon and Melissa Fyge • 15th Mar 2010

TO DECLARE oneself an atheist has seemed not just acceptable, but even fashionable in recent years.

Celebrating life beyond belief • Miriam Cosic - The Australian • 15th Mar 2010

THEY came from everywhere, the true unbelievers: from Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast, New Zealand and beyond.

Aussies short-changed on faith issues: Scott • Gavin Lower - news.com.au Business • 15th Mar 2010

AUSTRALIAN media has trouble covering issues of faith, often framing religion in a political context rather than as a personal issue of belief, says ABC chief Mark Scott.

Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome • Nicholas Wade - New York Times • 14th Mar 2010

Two research teams have independently decoded the entire genome of patients to find the exact genetic cause of their diseases.

Taner Edis should write a book • Russell Blackford - Metamagician and the Hellfire Club • 14th Mar 2010

Consider this the promised Part III in a series.

ABC Nightline: Preaching Hate in Uganda • ABC Nightline • 14th Mar 2010

March 10, 2010 on ABC Nightline

Richard Dawkins - Sunday programme • Chris Laidlaw - Radio New Zealand National • 14th Mar 2010

The best known biologist on the planet talks about his new book - 'The Greatest Show on Earth-the evidence for evolution.

Humanists Prepare to Hold LGBT-Inclusive Prom in Mississippi • American Humanist Association • 13th Mar 2010

The American Humanist Association (AHA) stepped forward today and offered to plan and fund a prom for the Itawamba County Agricultural High School in Mississippi.

Yamani or Your Life • Christopher Hitchens - Slate • 13th Mar 2010

A nasty attempt to coerce Danish newspapers into apologizing for the cartoons of Mohammed.

Texas Board of Education cuts Thomas Jefferson out of its textbooks. • Think Progress • 13th Mar 2010

The Texas Board of Education has been meeting this week to revise its social studies curriculum.

Richard Dawkins on Why Evolution Trumps Creationism • Big Ideas - Adelaide Writers' Week • 13th Mar 2010

Here, at Adelaide Writers' Week in 2010, he goes through his book chapter by chapter, and in doing so attempts to convince his audience of the absolute veracity of Darwin's theories.

Path to losing his religion • Peter Munro - theage.com.au • 13th Mar 2010

IN THE beginning, Dan Barker found God and saw that he was good. He was a teenage evangelist at 15, spouting sermons on street corners in southern California.

Call for inquiry voted down • Jacob Saulwick - The Sydney Morning Herald • 12th Mar 2010

NICK XENOPHON'S appeal for a parliamentary inquiry into Scientology collapsed into acrimony yesterday, amid claims it represented an attack on organised religion.

Life-Enabling Molecules Spotted in Orion Nebula • SPACE.com • 12th Mar 2010

The chemical fingerprints of potentially life-building molecules have been detected in the Orion nebula by Europe's Herschel Space Observatory.

Court clears reciting of Pledge of Allegiance at Western schools • Bill Mears - CNN • 12th Mar 2010

The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, California, ruled 2-1 Thursday that the pledge does not represent a government endorsement of religion, prohibited by the Constitution.

'Stroke of luck' led to life on Earth • Rebecca Todd - The Press • 12th Mar 2010

That was the evolutionary message of author, biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins to a packed auditorium at the Christchurch Town Hall last night.

Richard Dawkins in conversation with Robyn Williams • Intelligent talk - SlowTV • 12th Mar 2010

At the Melbourne Town Hall, presented by the Melbourne Writers Festival.

Richard Dawkins and Michael Williams • Erin Mathews - ABC Radio Melbourne • 11th Mar 2010

The world's most famous atheist?

Science in the Media: Rude or Ailing Health? • Ed Yong - Not Exactly Rocket Science • 11th Mar 2010

If anyone's in London or thereabouts on the 31st of March, come and see me and a few other science journalists discuss the state of science in the media at City University.

Out of the labs, into the pubs • Owen Duffy - BBC Scotland • 11th Mar 2010

Science and critical thinking can be seen as exclusive and elitist. But now a new group is aiming to bring scepticism to the masses across Scotland.

How paedophile priest was allowed to evade justice • Olenka Frenkiel - BBC 2 • 11th Mar 2010

Former priest Bill Carney was named as one of the worst cases in Dublin's Catholic diocese in the Murphy report into clerical abuse there. However, for the last 10 years he has been free to live quietly in Britain.

Chief exorcist says Devil is in Vatican • Nick Squires - Telegraph.co.uk • 11th Mar 2010

The Devil is lurking in the very heart of the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican's chief exorcist claimed on Wednesday.

Religion ban in Quebec's public daycares welcomed • cbc.news • 11th Mar 2010

Jewish group says government has gone too far

Radio bit on home-schooling, and more angry emails • Jerry Coyne - Why Evolution Is True • 11th Mar 2010

The kerfuffle about home-schooling led to an invitation for me to do a brief segment on Overnight America with Jon Grayson.

Richard Dawkins: Life is astonishing • Amanda Fischer - The Dominion Post • 11th Mar 2010

Richard Dawkins speaking at his talk last night at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington, New Zealand

mr. Deity and the Host • Mr. Deity - YouTube • 10th Mar 2010

Mr. Deity and Timmy conspire to test out the new gadget from R&D.

Scientology 'putting lives at risk' • Sabra Lane - ABC News (Australia) • 10th Mar 2010

Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry has thrown his weight behind calls for a Senate inquiry into the Church of Scientology, saying the church's teachings are putting Australians' lives at risk.

OUR VIEW: Atheists trade bibles for porn; dis Mother Teresa • Wayne Laugesen - The Gazette - Colorado Springs • 10th Mar 2010

Movement may have seen its best days

Ray Comfort in NZ • Two NZ articles and a WND Exclusive • 9th Mar 2010

Challenges to Darwin's theory dog prominent atheist
Dawkins' Down Under events being followed by book distributions

Richard Dawkins and The Greatest Show on Earth • Richard Glover - Australia • 9th Mar 2010

The world's most famous atheist and evolutionist spoke to a sell-out audience at the Sydney Opera House about his new book and joined us to talk about the evidence for evolution.

The Supreme Court and Fred Phelps • The Wall Street Journal & The Washington Post • 9th Mar 2010

Fred Phelps frequently protests at funerals - court reaction

How to Tell if a Guy Is Trustworthy • Robin Nixon - LiveScience • 9th Mar 2010

Is he trustworthy? Forget what the songs say about his kiss, and check out the breadth of his cheekbones.

Liberalism can be defended • Ophelia Benson - butterfliesandwheels.com • 8th Mar 2010

Taner Edis thinks Gary Bouma is right about secularism and that Russell Blackford is wrong. I think Taner is mostly wrong that Russell is wrong that Gary Bouma is wrong. Still with me?

Jerry Coyne gets email • PZ Myers - Pharyngula • 8th Mar 2010

Coyne was quoted in this article on homeschooling, which brought in an unexpected surge of email, including some rather nasty words from the Christians.

Q and A - Adventures in Democracy • ABC - abc.net.au • 8th Mar 2010

The Q&A panel includes: Richard Dawkins, Patrick McGorry, Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio, Tony Burke and Julie Bishop.

Dawkins celebrates the miracle of life – with or without God • Garry Maddox - The Sydney Morning Herald • 8th Mar 2010

Richard Dawkins - The Greatest Show On Earth, Sydney Opera House, March 7

Richard Dawkins Interviewed on SBS Dateline • George Negus - dateline • 7th Mar 2010

Broadcast Sunday, March 7, 2010

Postmodern peace-keeping • Taner Edis - The Secular Outpost • 7th Mar 2010

Taner Edis disagrees with Russell Blackford's latest post

Aayan Hirsi Ali Interview on Freethought Radio (FFRF.ORG) • JesusSavesAtCitibank - YouTube • 7th Mar 2010

Freethought Radio, March 6, 2010

Taking Memes Seriously • Mark Signorelli - New English Review • 7th Mar 2010

In his book The Selfish Gene, noted nihilist Richard Dawkins ushered the faux-concept of memes into the world by declaring it to be a “unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation,”...

Bouma: Secularists are responsible for social division • Russell Blackford - Metamagician and the Hellfire Club • 6th Mar 2010

According to an ABC News report, Professor Gary Bouma has used a conference at the University of Sydney to attack secularists and atheists as a source of social division.

LIFE - Series Premiere, Sunday March 21 • Discovery Channel • 6th Mar 2010

Challenges of Life: Episode Description
Premiering Sunday, March 21, 8PM e/p

Faith basher relies very much on faith • Bryan Patterson - heraldsun.com.au • 5th Mar 2010

SOME of the most controversial words in Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species come at the end.

The New Commandments • Christopher Hitchens - Vanity Fair • 5th Mar 2010

The Ten Commandments were set in stone, but it may be time for a re-chisel. With all due humility, the author takes on the job, pruning the ethically dubious, challenging the impossible, and rectifying some serious omissions.

Richard Dawkins - What if you are wrong - South Park take off • Youtube - TubeLooB • 2nd Mar 2010

Had the urge to try my hand at some animation and some new software, I think it turned out quite well. For some reason I decided to recreate the popular "What if you're wrong?" clip on youtube featuring Richard Dawkins lecture in Lynchburg .

Macleans interview: Lionel Tiger • Brian Bethune - Macleans.ca • 5th Mar 2010

Anthropologist Lionel Tiger on faith and sexual behaviour, why religion comforts us, and how churches act as ‘serotonin factories’

Darwin Foes Add Warming to Targets • Leslie Kaufman - The New York Times • 5th Mar 2010

Critics of the teaching of evolution in the nation’s classrooms are gaining ground in some states by linking the issue to global warming, arguing that dissenting views on both scientific subjects should be taught in public schools.

Evolution by the Grassroots • Olivia Judson - The New York Times • 4th Mar 2010

Grasses have had a profound effect on the animals that have come to depend on them, including humans.

'Missing Link' Fossil Was Not Human Ancestor as Claimed, Anthropologists Say • ScienceDaily • 4th Mar 2010

A fossil that was celebrated last year as a possible "missing link" between humans and early primates is actually a forebearer of modern-day lemurs and lorises

Did Cooking Make Us Human? • BBC 2 - Horizon - iPlayer • 4th Mar 2010

We are the only species on earth that cooks its food - and we are also the cleverest species on the planet. BBC iPlayer so it's only viewable in the UK

Richard Dawkins interview • Conversations with Richard Fidler - ABC Radio Brisbane • 4th Mar 2010

Podcast of the interview with ABC Radio Brisbane

Godless Ads to Appear on Detroit Area Buses Tomorrow • United Coalition of Reason • 4th Mar 2010

"Don't believe in God? You are not alone."

Christians want orca stoned to death • Jerry Coyne - Why Evolution Is True • 4th Mar 2010

We’ve talked a bit about the tragedy at SeaWorld, where the orca Tillikum dragged his young keeper underwater, mauling and drowning her.

Creationism could slip into science classes • Anna Patty - The Sydney Morning Herald • 4th Mar 2010

The draft national curriculum does not prohibit the teaching of creationism in schools, raising questions about whether this will open the door to its promotion as a science in classrooms.

Richard Dawkins releases new book on human evolution • Mark Colvin - PM - ABC News (Australia) • 3rd Mar 2010

MARK COLVIN: For nearly three decades, opinion pollsters have been asking Americans whether they believe in the literal truth of the Bible's creation story.

Christian schools angry over ban on teaching creationism • Malcom Brown - The Sydney Morning Herald • 3rd Mar 2010

The chief executive of Christian Schools Australia, Stephen O'Doherty, said the board statement was too strident, removing the right to teach "biblical perspectives" as part of science.