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Richard Dawkins Celebrates Reason, Ridicules Faith. Again
Barbara King interviewed evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, a meeting that was suggested by the American arm of the Richard...
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What Really Happens When You Die?
Overwhelmingly, people who’ve had so-called near-death symptoms report a calmness, lack of fear, and feeling of being one with...
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Pond Skaters’ Feet Inspire Buoyant New Material
The feet of pond skaters have helped create a novel super-buoyant material. Finnish scientists have drawn on the structure...
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Population Explosion Adds to Planet’s Pressure Cooker
The world’s surging population is a big driver of environmental woes but the issue is complex and solutions are...
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Nuclear Plants Could Fuel Hydrogen Future
Using hydrogen as a clean, renewable source of energy could free us from fossile fuels. But hydrogen atoms don’t...
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Link Builds Between Weather Extremes and Global Warming
Extreme weather events over the past decade have increased and were “very likely” caused by manmade global warming, a...
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Does It Matter Whether God Exists?
Discussions of religion are typically about God. Atheists reject religion because they don’t believe in God; Jews, Christians and...
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Big History for the Era of Climate Change
Lack of understanding of environmental issues is an education problem and requires an education solution. So do we need...
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Humans Hunted Australia’s Giant Beasts to Extinction
Humans hunted Australia’s giant vertebrates to extinction about 40,000 years ago, the latest research published in Science has concluded....
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Early Exposure to Germs Has Lasting Benefits
Findings help to explain how microbes programme a developing immune system.