Movies from Richard Dawkins

Mon Oncle

Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
As further language practice I watched Mon Oncle (yet again). What a gloriously, charmingly, deliciously funny film. Jacques Tati is a comic genius, a latter day Charlie Chaplin.
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
William Kamkwamba. “The Boy who Harnessed the Wind.” Such a moving film, on Netflix. Set in Malawi, land of my childhood. Tale of human ingenuity and heroism. Please watch it. Will make you weep, then make you proud to be human.
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India's Daughter

The story of the short life, and brutal gang rape and murder in Delhi in December 2012 of an exceptional and inspiring young woman. The rape of the 23 year old medical student by 6 men on a moving bus, and her death, sparked unprecedented protests and riots throughout India and led to the first glimmers of a change of mindset. Interwoven into the story line are the lives, values and mindsets of the rapists whom the film makers have had exclusive and unprecedented access to interview before they hang. The film examines the society and values which spawn such violent acts, and makes an optimistic and impassioned plea for change.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Watching "India's Daughter", horrifying. Lawyer defending rapists: "We have the best culture. In our culture there's no place for a woman".
Movies from Richard Dawkins

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

The story of life on our planet by the man who has seen more of the natural world than any other. In more than 90 years, Attenborough has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of our planet and documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. Addressing the biggest challenges facing life on our planet, the film offers a powerful message of hope for future generations.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Binge watching Cosmos & David Attenborough on Netflix. I adore David A but wish he’d tell us when film is speeded up or slowed. It’s often obvious but not always, and it matters.
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Viceroy's House

In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Just watched Viceroy’s House, moving film on tragedy of Indian partition: bloody separation by faith. Truly, religion poisons everything.
Movies from Richard Dawkins

Tom & Viv

The story of the marriage of the poet T. S. Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaecological and emotional problems and his growing fame.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Tom and Viv. Well-made, troubling film about TS Eliot & unhappy 1st wife, harrowingly played by Miranda Richardson. William Dafoe uncannily like Eliot. Surprised he didn’t have American accent. But then I listened to Eliot himself reading The Waste Land. Dafoe got him perfectly.
Movies from Richard Dawkins

Mon Oncle

Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
As further language practice I watched Mon Oncle (yet again). What a gloriously, charmingly, deliciously funny film. Jacques Tati is a comic genius, a latter day Charlie Chaplin.
Movies from Richard Dawkins

Arrival

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Just watched interesting science fiction film called Arrival. Recommended. But, unless you are a lot brighter than me, it might be a good idea to read up on the plot first. I did so afterwards & it made sense with hindsight. Probably should have done so before.
Movies from Richard Dawkins

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Half way through film of 1984. Again, surprisingly and gratifyingly faithful to the book. John Hurt is perfectly cast as Winston Smith. Suzanna Hamilton is a lovely Julia. Richard Burton is certain to be good as O’Brien, but I’m not sure I can bear to watch to the tragic end.
Movies from Richard Dawkins

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Watched the film of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (US “Pajamas”). Very moving. About a Nazi concentration camp seen through the innocent eyes of the 8-year-old son of the commandant.
Books from Richard Dawkins

How Hitchens Can Save the Left

Christopher Hitchens was for many years considered one of the fiercest and most eloquent left-wing polemicists in the world. But on much of today's left, he's remembered as a defector, a warmonger, and a sellout—a supporter of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq who traded his left-wing principles for neoconservatism after the September 11 attacks. In How Hitchens Can Save the Left, Matt Johnson argues that this easy narrative gets Hitchens exactly wrong. Hitchens was a lifelong champion of free inquiry, humanism, and universal liberal values. He was an internationalist who believed all people should have the liberty to speak and write openly, to be free of authoritarian domination, and to escape the arbitrary constraints of tribe, faith, and nation. He was a figure of the Enlightenment and a man of the left until the very end, and his example has never been more important. Over the past several years, the liberal foundations of democratic societies have been showing signs of structural decay. On the right, nationalism and authoritarianism have been revived on both sides of the Atlantic. On the left, many activists and intellectuals have become obsessed with a reductive and censorious brand of identity politics, as well as the conviction that their own liberal democratic societies are institutionally racist, exploitative, and imperialistic. Across the democratic world, free speech, individual rights, and other basic liberal values are losing their power to inspire. Hitchens's case for universal Enlightenment principles won't just help genuine liberals mount a resistance to the emerging illiberal orthodoxies on the left and the right. It will also remind us how to think and speak fearlessly in defense of those principles.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
What sounded to many ears like “Islamophobia” was actually Hitchens’s refusal to treat Muslims as somehow less than rational. Paraphrased from Matt Johnson’s book, How Hitchens can Save the Left: Rediscovering fearless liberalism in an age of counter-enlightenment.
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The Known Unknowns

Internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling popular science writer Lawrence Krauss explores cosmology's greatest unanswered questions.Three of the most important words in science are 'I don't know'. Not knowing implies a universe of opportunities - the possibility of discovery and surprise. Our understanding of cosmology has advanced immeasurably over the last five hundred years of modern science, yet many fundamental mysteries of existence persist. How did our Universe begin, if it even had a beginning? How big is it? What's at the bottom of a black hole? How did life on Earth arise? Are we alone? Is time travel possible?These mysteries define the scientific forefront, the threshold of the unknown. To explore that threshold is to gain a deeper understanding of just how far science has progressed. In The Known Unknowns, internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling popular science writer Lawrence Krauss explores cosmology's greatest known unknowns. Covering time, space, physical law, life and consciousness, Krauss introduces readers to the topics that will shape the state of science of the next few decades, and invites us to ponder and appreciate the universe in which we live.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
I recommend @LKrauss1’s The Known Unknowns, pub date 5 May. Amazing blurbs from Ian McEwan, Noam Chomsky, Stephen Fry, AC Grayling, Martin Rees, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Penn Jillette et al. Lawrence knows what we know, he knows what we DON’T know, and he knows how to explain it.
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On the Future

A provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin ReesHumanity has reached a critical moment. Our world is unsettled and rapidly changing, and we face existential risks over the next century. Various outcomes—good and bad—are possible. Yet our approach to the future is characterized by short-term thinking, polarizing debates, alarmist rhetoric, and pessimism. In this short, exhilarating book, renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin Rees argues that humanity’s prospects depend on our taking a very different approach to planning for tomorrow.The future of humanity is bound to the future of science and hinges on how successfully we harness technological advances to address our challenges. If we are to use science to solve our problems while avoiding its dystopian risks, we must think rationally, globally, collectively, and optimistically about the long term. Advances in biotechnology, cybertechnology, robotics, and artificial intelligence—if pursued and applied wisely—could empower us to boost the developing and developed world and overcome the threats humanity faces on Earth, from climate change to nuclear war. At the same time, further advances in space science will allow humans to explore the solar system and beyond with robots and AI. But there is no “Plan B” for Earth—no viable alternative within reach if we do not care for our home planet.Rich with fascinating insights into cutting-edge science and technology, this accessible book will captivate anyone who wants to understand the critical issues that will define the future of humanity on Earth and beyond.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
“The global village will have its village idiots, and they’ll have global range.” (Martin Rees, in his book, On the Future).
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The Flame of Reason

A passionate, highly accessible clarion call to a world dangerously threatened by irrational superstitions of all kinds.'Truly a book for our time' Steven Pinker 'In Sweden's public square, Christer Sturmark has done as much as anyone to uphold reason and humane critical thinking' Richard Dawkins 'As lucid and illuminating as it is warm and inspiring' Rebecca GoldsteinIn country after country, conspiracy theories and religious dogmas that once seemed to have been overtaken by enlightened thought are helping to lift authoritarian leaders into power. The effects are being felt by women, ethnic minorities, teachers, scientists and students – and by the environment, the ultimate victim of climate change denial. We need clear thinking now more than ever.Christer Sturmark is a crusading secular humanist as well as a Swedish publisher and entrepreneur, and The Flame of Reason is his manifesto for a better world. It provides a set of simple tools for clear thinking in the face of populist dogmas, anti-science attitudes and pseudo-philosophy, and suggestions for how we can move towards a new enlightenment.From truth to Quantum Physics, moral philosophy to the Myers-Briggs test, Sturmark offers a passionate defence of rational thought, science, tolerance and pluralism; a warm and engaging guide for anyone who wants to better navigate the modern world.Translated by and co-written with Douglas Hofstadter, celebrated cognitive scientist, physicist and author of Godel, Escher, Bach.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Christer Sturmark has long been Sweden’s pre-eminent publisher standing up for science & secular humanism. He now bursts into the anglosphere with this superb book of his own, translated by none other than Douglas Hofstadter. Strongly recommended.
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Niko's Nature

A charismatic naturalist, bird-watcher, teacher, artist, photographer, film-maker, and winner of the Nobel Prize, Niko Tinbergen was a prominent and influential scientist. Jointly with Konrad Lorenz, he laid the foundation for a new science, the biological study of animal behaviour.'Ethology', and his talent for devising behaviour-testing experiments, provided an outlet for Niko's enthusiasm for gulls and sticklebacks, snow-buntings and foxes, wasps and falcons, and even children.This first full-length biography of Niko Tinbergen, lavishly illustrated with many of Niko's own drawings, describes his background in Holland, a naturalists' paradise, and the beginnings of his investigations into the behaviour of birds, fish, and insects. Hans Kruuk also explores is Niko'srelationship with his colleague and co-Nobelist Konrad Lorenz. These were two men full of contrasts: Niko a charming, self-effacing field man and experimenter; Konrad a flamboyant and egocentric German, always full of new ideas. Niko's Nature goes on to follow Niko's progress in Oxford after theSecond World War, where he became the world authority on the behaviour of animals in the wild: his inspiring book The Study of Instinct remains an all-time classic.As a scientist Niko will always be known for the four fundamentally different ways in which he asked the question 'why does an animal do this?' These questions, about physiology, development, evolution, and function, became known as 'Tinbergen's four whys'. But Niko's successes came at a price -severe and devastating depressions that were to plague him throughout his career.In this fascinating and engaging story, Niko's long-time friend and student Hans Kruuk argues that his impact as a scientist and naturalist was in large part due to his skills as a communicator, photographer, and film-maker. Niko's Nature is an intimate and insightful portrait of an extraordinaryfigure.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Just read, straight through for the 2nd time, Niko’s Nature, Hans Kruuk’s biography of Niko Tinbergen. Highly intelligent, perceptive assessment of the Maestro, his strengths & weaknesses. Hans’s English is so graceful & rich, it is hard to believe it is not his native language.
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Cuckoo

Beloved as the herald of spring, cuckoos have held a place in our affections for centuries. The oldest song in English celebrates the cuckoo's arrival, telling us that 'Sumer is icumen in'. But for many other birds the cuckoo is a signal of doom, for it is Nature's most notorious cheat. Cuckoos across the world have evolved extraordinary tricks to manipulate other species into raising their young. How do they get away with it?In this enormously engaging book, naturalist and scientist Nick Davies reveals how cuckoos trick their hosts. Using shrewd detective skills and field experiments, he uncovers an evolutionary arms race, in which hosts evolve better defences against cuckoos and cuckoos, in turn, evolve novel forms of trickery. This is a fascinating corner of Darwin's 'entangled bank', where creatures are continually evolving to keep up with changes in their rivals.Lively field drawings by James McCallum, and remarkable photographs, show cuckoos in action: from the female cuckoo laying her beautifully disguised egg, to the cuckoo chick ejecting the host's eggs and young from the nest to ensure it gets the full attention of its foster parents.Cuckoo offers a new insight not only into the secret lives of these extraordinary birds, but also into how cheating evolves and thrives in the natural world.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
A book to treasure: Cuckoo, by Nick Davies: leading authority on the clutch of evolutionary enigmas that is the cuckoo; field observer & experimentalist in the Tinbergen tradition, naturalist prose-poet, the Gilbert White of the fenlands which are the setting for his story.
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Starry Messenger

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time—war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, and race—in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all.In a time when our political and cultural views feel more polarized than ever, Tyson provides a much-needed antidote to so much of what divides us, while making a passionate case for the twin chariots of enlightenment—a cosmic perspective and the rationality of science.After thinking deeply about how science sees the world and about Earth as a planet, the human brain has the capacity to reset and recalibrates life’s priorities, shaping the actions we might take in response. No outlook on culture, society, or civilization remains untouched.With crystalline prose, Starry Messenger walks us through the scientific palette that sees and paints the world differently. From insights on resolving global conflict to reminders of how precious it is to be alive, Tyson reveals, with warmth and eloquence, an array of brilliant and beautiful truths that apply to us all, informed and enlightened by knowledge of our place in the universe.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Just read @NeilTyson’s latest book, Starry Messenger, the title appropriately a translation of Galileo’s Siderius Nuncius. Every page lit up by an original poetic imagination but bearing the unmistakable stamp of a rational mind, steeped in maths and science.
Books from Richard Dawkins

Human Universe

Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller ‘Engaging, ambitious and creative’ Guardian Where are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Human Universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and understand the very nature of ourselves and the Universe in which we live. Through the endless leaps of human minds, it explores the extraordinary depth of our knowledge today and where our curiosity may lead us in the future. With groundbreaking insight it reveals how time, physics and chemistry came together to create a creature that can wonder at its own existence, blessed with an unquenchable thirst to discover not just where it came from, but how it can think, where it is going and if it is alone. Accompanies the acclaimed BBC TV series.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Now re-reading (actually listening to) Brian Cox & Andrew Cohen’s wonderful book, Human Universe. Beautifully & intelligently written (& the same goes for Samuel West’s reading). A book that fills one with admiration for science as perhaps humanity’s most sublime achievement.
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Catching Fire

Ever since Darwin and The Descent of Man, the existence of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. But in Catching Fire, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham presents a startling alternative: our evolutionary success is the result of cooking. In a groundbreaking theory of our origins, Wrangham shows that the shift from raw to cooked foods was the key factor in human evolution. When our ancestors adapted to using fire, humanity began. Once our hominid ancestors began cooking their food, the human digestive tract shrank and the brain grew. Time once spent chewing tough raw food could be sued instead to hunt and to tend camp. Cooking became the basis for pair bonding and marriage, created the household, and even led to a sexual division of labor. Tracing the contemporary implications of our ancestors’ diets, Catching Fire sheds new light on how we came to be the social, intelligent, and sexual species we are today. A pathbreaking new theory of human evolution, Catching Fire will provoke controversy and fascinate anyone interested in our ancient origins—or in our modern eating habits.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Just finished listening to the audio version of Richard Wrangham’s Catching Fire. The subtitle, “How cooking made us human” sums up the book’s thesis. Deserves to be taken as seriously as any theory of the evolution of human uniqueness. And the audio narration is fairly good.
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The Dawn of Language

"A model of popular-science writing" STEVEN POOLEWho was "the first speaker" and what was their first message?An erudite, tightly woven and beautifully written account of one of humanity's greatest mysteries - the origins of language.Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users. The Dawn of Language provides a fascinating survey of how grammar came into being and the differences or similarities between languages spoken around the world, before exploring how language eventually emerged in the very remote human past.Our intellectual and physiological changes through the process of evolution both have a bearing on our ability to acquire language. But to what extent is the evolution of language dependent on genes, or on environment? How has language evolved further, and how is it changing now, in the process of globalisation? And which aspects of language ensure that robots are not yet intelligent enough to reconstruct how language has evolved? Johansson's far-reaching, authoritative and research-based approach to language is brought to life through dozens of astonishing examples, both human and animal, in a fascinatingly erudite and entertaining volume for anyone who has ever contemplated not just why we speak the way we do, but why we speak at all.Translated from the Swedish by Frank Perry
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
I love a book that teaches me things I didn’t know while provoking in me thoughts I never had before, setting my mind racing in new directions. Such a book is The Dawn of Language by Sverker Johansson. Alongside his own view of language origins, he fairly treats alternatives.
TV Shows from Richard Dawkins

Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the electrifying story of our quest to master nature's most mysterious force - electricity. Until fairly recently, electricity was seen as a magical power, but it is now the lifeblood of the modern world and underpins every aspect of our technological advancements. Without electricity, we would be lost. This series tells of dazzling leaps of imagination and extraordinary experiments - a story of maverick geniuses who used electricity to light our cities, to communicate across the seas and through the air, to create modern industry and to give us the digital revolution.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Just watched beautiful BBC 4 documentary on the history of electricity, presented by Jim Al-Khalili. "Shock & Awe". See it on iPlayer?
Podcasts from Richard Dawkins

The Author Archive Podcast

The Author Archive Podcast
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
David Freeman, one of the best of many book interviewers I’ve ever encountered, has released an archive of his past interviews, to which he will add new ones.
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Making Sense Podcast with Sam Harris

Join neuroscientist, philosopher, and best-selling author Sam Harris as he explores important and controversial questions about the human mind, society, and current events.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Sam Harris and Paul Bloom taking the pandemic very seriously indeed and making many intelligent points. “We can’t be America first” in the face of a global problem. Chinese “wet markets” need to be closed down.
Articles from Richard Dawkins

The Righteous and the Woke – Why Evangelicals and Social Justice Warriors Trigger Me in the Same Way

I was Born Again until nearly the end of graduate school, a sincere Evangelical who went to church on Sunday and Wednesday with my family and to Thursday Bible study on my own. I dialed for convert…
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Brilliant comparison. Please read it.
Articles from Richard Dawkins

Opinion | When It Comes to Covid-19, Most of Us Have Risk Exactly Backward

We aren’t very good at discussing trade-offs, but we need to make some during this pandemic.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Risk-taking decisions not all-or-none. Add up. Safety measures add up. Every time you take calculated risk to socialise, balance it: refrain from another mixing opportunity. Child goes to school? Balance it by reducing encounters out of school.
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How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes

The lungs are ground zero for COVID-19, but blood clots may play a surprisingly big role in severe illness
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Doctor friend calls this “the best article I have seen on ... how this virus is different & more dangerous than the regular flu ... If people in the administration understood this or gave a damn about it, there would be better briefing of the public”
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Rishi Sunak has given us wartime finance fit for wartime economic conditions | Will Hutton

Rishi Sunak’s coronavirus rescue package is crucial for a collapsing economy. Social partnership is back • See all our coronavirus coverage• Coronavirus latest updates
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Interestingly radical and important article by Will Hutton.
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Anglicans and atheists, unite against intolerance

We now know from Peter Clarke’s report, published today but leaked last week, that there was indeed “co-ordinated, deliberate and sustained action to introduce an intolerant and aggressive Islamist
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
I missed this very good article by Matt Ridley in 2014, or I would have tweeted it then.
Articles from Richard Dawkins

CFI Thinks Outside the Pox

In the highly politicized vaccination wars raging in the United States right now, Ethan Lindenberger is a hero. In March, as a high school senior, the Ohio teen testified before Congress about how he defied his mother’s rabid anti-vaxxer views and started getting himself vaccinated. Lindenberger ...
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Anti-vax movement: “A bizarre coming together of the religious Right and the Big Pharma conspiracy-theory Left” Excellent article by its CEO, Robyn Blumner, shows the kind of thing @Center4Inquiry stands for. One of many good reasons to support CFI
Articles from Richard Dawkins

Free Speech and Identity Politics

"The paradox of identity liberalism is that it paralyzes the capacity to think and act in a way that would actually accomplish the things it professes to want."
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
I only just spotted this article today when going back through Robyn Blumner’s excellent Editorials in CFI’s Free Inquiry magazine. What a superb writer she is. Her passionate commitment to freedom of speech persists from her days at ACLU.
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Image of the Day: White Stripes

Black-and-white painted skin can help protect from insect bites.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
The Darwinian survival value of zebra stripes has long been a puzzle. Hungarian research (referenced in the linked article) supports the theory that stripes are unattractive to dangerous biting insects. Now new research applies the theory to humans.
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Self-Censorship on Campus Is Bad for Science

Amid heightened tensions on college campuses, well-established scientific ideas are suddenly meeting with stiff political resistance.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
This is a sensible article. It’s depressing that she even needed to write it. Politically motivated opposition to scientific truth about individual differences is pernicious. And actually harmful to the very people it is supposed to protect.
Articles from Richard Dawkins

Where now for Mark Zuckerberg after his – and our – loss of innocence? | Martin Moore

A year on from the Observer exposé, what has really changed for Facebook and its users?
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Facebook: A “digital gangster” whose business model was based on gathering personal data for profit. Personal data was, for Facebook, equivalent to a currency. Excellent article on the subversive influence of Facebook by Martin Moore in today’s Observer.