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10 times metal bands worked with really unlikely collaborators

From members of the Monty Python crew to famous evolutionary biologists, here are some of the strangest hook-ups in rock history

Metal Hammer

Daniel Dennett obituary

Controversial US philosopher who sought to understand and explain the science of the mind

The Guardian - UK

As America Becomes More Secular, American Religion Will Need To Become More Urban

It's in cities that greater absolute numbers of religious people can compensate for declining per capita rates of religious observance.

Reason

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OPINION - An old poison is back in the world, but I am overwhelmed with sympathy for both sides

Last month I was asked to be one of the first “signatories” of the October Declaration, which has to date been signed by 130,000 others including Tom Stoppard, Liz Truss and Richard Dawkins. This open letter condemns all acts of terrorism against civilians in Israel on October 7.

Evening Standard

Science hasn’t gone ‘woke’ – the only people meddling with it are the Tories

Michelle Donelan’s plan to ‘depoliticise’ science with new guidelines on sex and gender research is a chilling move, says science writer Philip Ball

The Guardian - UK

I’ve Been Thinking by Daniel C Dennett review – an engaging, vexing memoir with a humility bypass

The veteran US philosopher renowned for his theories of consciousness is an intriguing figure but too prone to ‘professorial preening’

The Guardian - UK

Aliens could be spiders the size of elephants

Aliens could be spiders the size of elephants, according to Richard Dawkins. During an online QA, the famous atheist said that if aliens came from a similar planet to Earth they would probably look like humans, but if they came from somewhere with a “much weaker gravitational pull”, they could…

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Richard Dawkins: everything you need to know about the world’s most famous atheist

The 82-year old evolutionary biologist is one of Britain’s most provocative thinkers

Evening Standard

Much wow, very meme: what the revival of the ancient doge meme tells us about the lifecycle of the internet

In early April, when Elon Musk randomly and very briefly replaced the Twitter bird logo with the face of the “doge” meme, the value of the dogecoin both rose and fell by a matter of billions of dollars in value on the cryptomarket.

The Conversation

The God Desire by David Baddiel review – not quite losing my religion

The comedian’s attempt to reconcile his lack of faith with his Jewish identity places him in an intriguing position in an often polarised debate

The Guardian - UK

David Baddiel: ‘Football fills a God-shaped hole’

Ahead of a new book about our need for faith, the ‘militant atheist’ discusses oversharing, identity – and why he’s distancing himself from Richard Dawkins

The Guardian - UK

Doomsday bunkers, Mars and 'The Mindset': the tech bros trying to outsmart the end of the world

Douglas Rushkoff’s newest book, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, grew out of a brilliant 2018 Medium article of the same name, which went viral and had people (aka his US editor) clamouring for a full-length treatment.

The Conversation

Who was James Lovelock, what is Gaia theory, and why does it matter today?

The scientist credited with inventing Gaia theory has been celebrated by everyone from the New-Age movement to nuclear power advocates. But what is the late James Lovelock's lasting legacy to science?

ABC News

Rev Richard Coles and Richard Dawkins dine across the divide: ‘The problem is he’s not swayed by evidence but by feeling’

In our celebrity Dining across the divide special, the cleric meets the atheist biologist. Can they find any understanding on the value of faith?

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The zoologist sticking her neck out in the battle of the sexes

Our ideas about males and females are wildly out of date, says zoologist Lucy Cooke. Here, she reveals some radical truths about the birds, the bees… and the bonobos

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Historian fears being left out of Reese’s NFTs plan

Author claims on Witherspoon film / Psychedelic Richard Dawkins / Speakers love-in / The Queen: causes memory loss / Fashion week parties / Corbyn and Chaplin / Wine fan whip

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