Richard Dawkins
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Letters: To disapprove of celebrating Shakespeare, Tallis, Keats, the Beatles, and taking pride in them being English, is Stalinist and, frankly, weird
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As the 2016 London Literature festival begins, this year exploring the theme ‘living in future times’, science and sci-fi writers share their visions of humanity’s future. Interviews by Lucy Peters
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Scientists at Princeton say that it’s altruism, not selfishness, that will ultimately enable human beings to flourish. And Charles Darwin always knew it
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Loose canon: The EU referendum has led some to claim big decisions should only be made by intellectuals and elites. But gut instincts should play a huge part in how we vote
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Richard Dawkins’s question – ‘What, when you think about it, is so special about things that never happened?’ – provoked debate about the value of science writing and fiction
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Letters: Not all the problems facing humanity are caused by science, but the idea that ‘comprehension is moving across the face of the Earth, like the sunrise’ is more of a contender for Pseuds Corner than the Nobel prize for literature
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As his best-known book turns 40, the author reflects on what he has learned about writing and science
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The EU referendum should be a matter for parliament
David MitchellElected leaders ought to make the big decisions, but David Cameron would rather flatter the public with a referendum than step up and lead -
In 1976 Richard Dawkins’s study of evolutionary theory became the first popular science bestseller. How do its ideas stand up today?
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An intoxicating renewal of evolutionary theory that coined the idea of the meme and paved the way for Professor Dawkins’s later, more polemical works
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Brief letters: The Independent | Asa Briggs | English National Opera | C&A | Selfish gene
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The C of E tweet praying for the atheist’s recovery isn’t trolling. Many Christians have reason to be grateful to him
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Twitter users accuse church of ‘trolling’ the famous atheist, but it insists it was wholly genuine in its concern for Dawkins’ health
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Author of The God Delusion suffered ‘minor stroke’ in UK and is now recuperating at home
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Listening to music and reading not only can go together, but can make fantastic partners and intensify both experiences. Here are your favourite pairings – with couples like Stephen King and Petshop Boys, sci-fi and Aphex Twin or Atwood and Beach House
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There must be another way for nonbelievers than to transform, as Dawkins and Harris have done, into toxic know-it-alls
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The scientist and leading atheist faces a barrage of criticism after posting comments on Twitter about the Muslim teenager
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Vociferous critic of religion says anyone thin-skinned enough to be offended by church advert deserves to be offended
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Is there a book that can find the answers to life, the universe and everything? Well, probably not! But there are a lot of books out there that can shed some light on our existence, from the smallest atoms to the secrets of the universe. And they can make it fun, too! Here secret site member Secret Scribbler recommends five of the best
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Evolutionary biologist says boy’s arrest was wrong, but questions whether he really invented an alarm clock
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He may have crushed creationists, but can ‘the Dirty Harry of science’ teach as well as preach in the second instalment of his memoirs?
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Stop defending Tim Hunt
Connie St LouisThe likes of Richard Dawkins and Brian Cox should instead focus on taking up the real issue of sexism in science. It is absurd to say that scientists can do and say what they like in the name of academic freedom -
The scientist and bestselling writer has become the face of a new crusading atheism. But even his closest allies worry that his online provocations do more harm than good
The month in memes Vine is dead, but the meme lives on through Bill Murray and Tom Hanks