Fish named after Richard Dawkins
July 16th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sri Lanka, July 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new type of fresh water fish has been identified in South Asia. Sri Lankan scientists who classified the creature have named it after famous evolutionary ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Rushdie show: Chronicle of a gag foretold
January 25th, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 25 (IANS) It was Tuesday, another sunny winter morning in Jaipur. Sanjoy Roy, an organiser of the Jaipur Literature Festival, came to a terrace of the sprawling Diggi ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Bigots hissed, but no stopping carnival of letters (Lit Fest Review)
January 25th, 2012 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 25 (IANS) The absent Salman Rusdhie may have stolen the headlines, but the five-day Jaipur Literary Festival will be remembered for its many incandescent moments when poetry intersected ... Read more...
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Forget religion, get 21st century morals: Richard Dawkins
January 24th, 2012 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) Salman Rushdie may not be here, but the shadow of god looms large over the Jaipur Literature Festival, with philosopher and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins dismissing ... Read more...
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Not enough good scripts to go around: Tom Stoppard
January 22nd, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 22 (IANS) The art of writing good scripts is facing bleak times with not many of them around, says iconic playwright and screenplay writer Tom Stoppard of "Shakespeare ... Read more...
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Michael Ondaatje, Ben Okri, David Remnick at Jaipur Lit Fest
December 8th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Sri Lankan-born novelist Michael Ondaatje, Pakistani writer Fatima Bhutto, Nigerian poet and novelist Ben Okri and New Yorker editor David Remnick are among the ... Read more...
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‘Religion made us human’
June 6th, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 6 (ANI): A psychologist has in a new book stressed that religion played a very important role in the grim struggles of prehistory, providing humans with a way to ... Read more...
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‘The Next Fifty Years’ now in Arabic
May 20th, 2010 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, May 20 (IANS/WAM) The Arabic version of "The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-first Century" has been published by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture ... Read more...
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Peaches Geldof speaks of interest in quantum theories
October 29th, 2009 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 29 (ANI): Brit socialite Peaches Geldof has in an interview with presenter Fearne Cotton expressed her interest in quantum theories.Geldof, 20, who claims to be a scientologist like Tom ... Read more...
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Brit academic looks to popularise evolution in Islamic world
August 22nd, 2009 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 22 (ANI): Professor Richard Dawkins, author of books on evolution as well as religion, has said that popularising evolution in the Islamic world, where creationist beliefs are strong, was a ... Read more...
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Hawking bestseller tops poll to launch Darwin Festival 2009
July 2nd, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 2 (ANI): Stephen Hawking says he is 'flattered' by a Cambridge University poll voting "A Brief History of Time" as the publication most likely to have the same impact as ... Read more...
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British atheists launch ‘no God’ ads on buses
January 7th, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 7 (IANS) In a move to counter Christian advertisements running on London buses, an association of atheists has launched a "no God" advertising campaign on buses across Britain and on ... Read more...
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God’’s existence questioned by adverts on atheist buses in London
January 7th, 2009 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 7 (ANI): Atheist buses have taken to the streets of London with adverts questioning the existence of God, in answer to posters put up by religious groups.
Campaign organisers had ... Read more...
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Turkey lifts ban on world’s largest blog service
October 28th, 2008 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Ankara, Oct 28 (DPA) Turkish Internet users regained access to millions of blogs Tuesday after a court ordered a temporary reversal of a ban on a blog hosting website imposed Friday.The move ... Read more...
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Professor Richard Dawkins set to strip Harry Potter off his wizardry
October 25th, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 25 (ANI): The world famous fictional stories of Harry Potter have failed to cast a spell on renowned British evolutionary ethologist, Professor Richard Dawkins, who is questioning whether their ... Read more...
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Fairy tales and religious myths not good for children?
October 25th, 2008 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 25 (IANS) It is a form of child abuse to teach religious myths to young children who are also likely to suffer negatively by reading tales of witchcraft and wizardry ... Read more...
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Canterbury Cathedral offered Christ sculpture worth 70 million pounds
September 18th, 2008 - 3:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 18 (ANI): A marble sculpture of Jesus Christ laden with diamonds, rubies and pearls, which is claimed to be worth 70 million pounds, is being offered to Canterbury Cathedral ... Read more...
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Oxford don blasts Muslim parents for “importing creationism” into UK schools
August 4th, 2008 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.4 (ANI): Oxford Professor and well-known atheist Richard Dawkins has criticised parents of Muslim children and the Government for accommodating religious views and allowing creationism to be taught in schools. ... Read more...
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Study on honeybees confirms the existence of selfish gene
June 21st, 2008 - 11:55 am ICT by ANI
Washington, June 21 (ANI): An expert at The University of Western Ontario has unearthed strong evidence supporting British biologist Richard Dawkins concept of the selfish gene, which was long accepted as ... Read more...
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Why homosexuality hasnt become extinct
June 18th, 2008 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 18 (ANI): Italian scientists have come up with an explanation for the puzzle as to why homosexuality, if it is hereditary, has not been eliminated from the gene pool ... Read more...
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Britain’s first state-funded Hindu school launched
June 7th, 2008 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, June 7 (IANS) Secular Britain's first state-funded Hindu school was launched Saturday with its head promising to promote religious harmony. "We recognise and take our duty seriously in ... Read more...
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Genetic relatedness is really the key behind altruism in social insects
May 31st, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by admin
London, May 31 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Leeds have reignited the contentious debate about why hundreds of species of insects and other animals evolved altruistic behaviour to put the ... Read more...
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Mankinds greed responsible for environment menace, says Canterbury Archbishop
December 26th, 2007 - 5:31 pm ICT by admin
London, Dec 26 (ANI): The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has held mankinds greed responsible for endangering the environment.
"When we threaten the balance of things, we dont just put our material ... Read more...
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Charles Darwins Group Selection theory no longer a taboo
November 29th, 2007 - 4:00 pm ICT by admin
Washington, November 29 (ANI): Charles Darwins theory of group selection, which has been neglected for about four decades, has once again found supporters in leading evolutionary scientists David Sloan Wilson and Edward ... Read more...
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