4th Jan 2009 : An online petition is hoping to persuade BBC editors to open up Thought for the Day to non-believers

3rd Jan 2009 : Topics: Should unfit parents be stopped from having more babies? Is Britain a christian country? Are manners overrated?

31rd Dec 2008 : A group of atheists filed a lawsuit yesterday to bar prayer and references to God at the swearing-in of President-elect Barack Obama.

29th Dec 2008 : Atheists have long been looked down upon and criticised for their beliefs. While open debate as to whether God exists is widespread, so are prejudiced views that paint atheists as lesser people.

28th Dec 2008 : Here, in case you missed them, are New Scientist's top 10 in-depth articles about evolution.

27th Dec 2008 : The Celebrities and Science Review 2008, prepared by the group Sense About Science, identifies some of the worst examples of scientific illiteracy among those who profess to know better – including top politicians.

27th Dec 2008 : If you would like to join the audience on The Big Questions please contact us.

22nd Dec 2008 : The next US president is reversing Republican policy on global warming by putting leading scientists in key posts. Geoffrey Lean reports

22nd Dec 2008 : Two ex-employees of Diskeeper have sued the firm over allegations they were obliged to take part in Scientology training courses as a mandatory condition of employment.

20th Dec 2008 : The majority of Britons do not believe the Biblical story of the birth of Jesus, a survey has suggested.

19th Dec 2008 : While tens of thousands of Americans have been laid off in recent months and religious leaders have blamed corporate greed for the economic crisis, churches have not seen a jump in attendance numbers as many might have expected, according to a new poll.

19th Dec 2008 : President-elect Obama announced the program for his inauguration this week, and it begins with an invocation from the Rev. Rick Warren, an evangelical mega church pastor.

19th Dec 2008 : Most Christians Say Non-Christian Faiths Can Lead to Salvation

15th Dec 2008 : Forget Nativity plays, a different kind of Christmas show is coming to town. And with a talk by Richard Dawkins and stand-up by Ricky Gervais, it's a gift for the non-believer, says Julian Hall

15th Dec 2008 : "As atheists, Maher and Dawkins commit the same sins they mock and condemn"

10th Dec 2008 : Today we mark the sixtieth anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and above all its affirmation of the freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and expression.

8th Dec 2008 : More than two million Muslim pilgrims stoned walls symbolizing the devil in a narrow valley outside Mecca in Saudi Arabia Monday at the most dangerous stage of the haj pilgrimage.

7th Dec 2008 : With sport-utility vehicles at the altar and auto workers in the pews, one of Detroit's largest churches on Sunday offered up prayers for Congress to bail out the struggling auto industry.

8th Dec 2008 : It's the Christmas show for firm atheists - Dominic Cavendish meets the comics doing gags for the godless

6th Dec 2008 : Forget what's number one at the box office this week. The most exciting new film features the intricate workings of the body, filmed by scientists using ground-breaking technology.

2nd Dec 2008 : A group of atheists filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to remove part of a state anti-terrorism law that requires Kentucky's Office of Homeland Security to acknowledge it can't keep the state safe without God's help.

1st Dec 2008 : Saira Khan investigates the dramatic stories of British Asians taken to Pakistan by their parents and forced to marry against their will.

1st Dec 2008 : Topic: The Existence of God

30th Nov 2008 : The winter 2008 issue of Cineaste has a very nice review of The Four Horsemen DVD.

30th Nov 2008 : Alongside the brutal public terrorism that fills the television screens, there is an equally cruel form of terrorism that gets almost no attention and thrives as a result: flinging acid on a woman’s face to leave her hideously deformed.

30th Nov 2008 : The attacks in Mumbai, India are the latest in the 1,400 year history of Islam and yet people continue to express surprise that the alleged religion of peace could harbor so many cold-blooded killers of innocent people.

28th Nov 2008 : A senior Vatican cardinal has thanked Muslims for bringing God back into the public sphere in Europe and said believers of different faiths had no option but to engage in interreligious dialogue.

26th Nov 2008 : ‘APN Outdoors’ the company responsible for Public Metropolitan Transport Advertising says no to Atheism.

26th Nov 2008 : An atheist group planning to put adverts on London buses declaring that "there's probably no God" has been given £35,000 in taxpayers' money.

22nd Nov 2008 : A billboard in Rancho Cucamonga asking viewers to "imagine no religion" was taken down this week after residents and the city complained about its message.

19th Nov 2008 : We should see the ceaseless creativity of nature as sacred, argues biologist Stuart Kauffman, despite what Richard Dawkins might say.

17th Nov 2008 : For Darwin's 200th birthday celebrations next year, record a YouTube clip talking about your work and how Darwin has impacted or influenced what you do. The YouTube clip should conclude with you saying "I am Darwin!"

17th Nov 2008 : It’s not easy not believing in God in the USA. That’s why a group of non-believers is trying to shed the strident image of past atheists by promoting a better side of those sitting on religion’s sidelines.

16th Nov 2008 : University-educated Catholics are to blame for the crisis in the Church and the growth of secularism, according to the bishop charged with tackling the decline in Mass attendance.

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16th Nov 2008 : Professor Hired for Outreach to Muslims Delivers a Jolt

15th Nov 2008 : Albuquerque, N.M., is no different from any other American city, in terms of its religious life; you've got churches, synagogues, a couple of Unitarian congregations and a mosque. But an abandoned gas station along old Route 66 is the unlikely home for another kind of Sunday-morning service, and it's one that you won't find anywhere else. It's called the Church of Beethoven.

13th Nov 2008 : A poet has been forced to launch his new collection in the street after a bookstore cancelled the event because of a campaign by Christian activists.

11th Nov 2008 : "Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake," proclaims a new holiday ad from the American Humanist Association.

10th Nov 2008 : Mary is a pretty five-year-old girl with big brown eyes and a father who kicked her out onto the streets in one of the most dangerous parts of the world. Her crime: the local priest had denounced her as a witch and blamed her "evil powers" for causing her mother's death.

6th Nov 2008 : We are now proud to present you with a motley crew of nine servants to the cause of unreason, who you can single out by voting in the poll.

5th Nov 2008 : Religion has a funny way of dividing people. But religious fervor and intolerance may also keep you from getting sick, according to evolutionary biologists Corey Fincher and Randy Thornhill of the University of New Mexico.

5th Nov 2008 : More than 1,500 people went to Temple Emanu-El, one of the largest synagogues in the world, on Wednesday evening for a wide-ranging debate on that age-old question.

4th Nov 2008 : A bookmaker has slashed its odds on proof being found of God's existence to just 4-1.

4th Nov 2008 : "He is the anti-preacher whose sermons are designed to erode churchgoing and, with that, weaken our happiness."

4th Nov 2008 : A young woman recently stoned to death in Somalia first pleaded for her life, a witness has told the BBC.

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29th Oct 2008 : A woman in Somalia has been stoned to death after an Islamic Sharia law court found her guilty of adultery.

27th Oct 2008 : Prominent atheist Richard Dawkins speaks to Premier’s Justin Brierley.

25th Oct 2008 : He sold 1.5m copies of The God Delusion, and this week stumped up £5,500 for atheist adverts. So why does Richard Dawkins think science is losing its war with religion?

24th Oct 2008 : The bus-funders are young people who feel that no one is listening to them

23rd Oct 2008 : Thank you! Now you've made the campaign such an extraordinary success, we all need to think about what to do next

23rd Oct 2008 : Featuring over 4 hours of Dawkins at his best on Science, Religion, and everything in between.

22nd Oct 2008 : An Afghanistan appeals court overturns the death sentence for Parwez Kambakhsh, who circulated an article about the rights of women under Islam.

22nd Oct 2008 : Contrary to the views of many conservative pundits and the Christian Right, the least religious countries in the world today are not full of chaos and immorality, but are actually among the safest, healthiest, most well-educated, prosperous, ethical, and successful societies on earth.

21st Oct 2008 : A giant leap of faith took Jonathan Edwards to Olympic glory in Sydney. Then he found the foundations of his life were crumbling

21st Oct 2008 : It's real, it's happening: you can sponsor the first atheist advert on a bus - and Richard Dawkins will match your money

19th Oct 2008 : As a fresh wave of sectarian violence is unleashed across the Indian state of Orissa, Gethin Chamberlain talks to homeless survivors in Kandhamal district who were forced to abandon their religion.

18th Oct 2008 : Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that it is recalling the game from retailers after it learned that the soundtrack featured some Arabic-language lines from the Qur'an backed with music.

18th Oct 2008 : It is an article of faith (except, of course, among those who actually have a faith) that the dethronement of God by the apostles of secularism has ushered in an age of reason. Belief in the Almighty is now widely held to be a priori evidence of primitive stupidity.

17th Oct 2008 : Fortunately, [atheists'] views aren't likely to become public policy anytime soon, and certainly not in the United States (after all, look how well they worked in the Soviet Union).

16th Oct 2008 : A US judge has thrown out a case against God, ruling that because the defendant has no address, legal papers cannot be served.

14th Oct 2008 : Nearly 300 people came together to discuss issues ranging from apostasy, the freedom to criticise and renounce religion, Sharia law and civil society and creationism, faith schools and religious education.

14th Oct 2008 : Ricky Gervais, the multi award-winning writer, director and star of The Office and Extras is a well-known atheist and was recently made an honorary associate of the National Secular Society following a friendly but frank exchange of views with Rowan Williams on the radio.

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14th Oct 2008 : Professor Richard Dawkins has lately retired from his chair at Oxford. It is not often that a senior academic becomes a household name; and the end of his tenure seems a suitable time to reflect upon his fame and achievements.

10th Oct 2008 : So it comes as a bit of a shocker when physicists say the Universe is built on broken symmetry.

10th Oct 2008 : Pup carried by Atlantic blacktip shark contained no male genetic material

9th Oct 2008 : Newly evolved "superworms" that feast on toxic waste could help cleanse polluted industrial land, a new study says.

9th Oct 2008 : A clever trick borrowed from jellyfish has earned two Americans and one Japanese scientist a share of the chemistry Nobel Prize.

8th Oct 2008 : Hansjorg Wyss MBA '65 has given Harvard University $125 million to create the Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.

8th Oct 2008 : Programmers try to fool human interrogators

8th Oct 2008 : Small stretches of seemingly useless DNA harbor a big secret, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

8th Oct 2008 : At a Christian 'boot camp' in the US, those struggling to reconcile faith and sexuality are taught to overcome gayness

8th Oct 2008 : There are certain events which have such an impact on the world that they become known simply by the name of the place where they happen. Waco is one of them

7th Oct 2008 : The world's oldest surviving Bible is in bits.

6th Oct 2008 : Nicky Gumbel, the vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton and the man who heads up the Alpha ministry, takes a look at yet another question which seems to be exercising many people in his latest book, Is God A Delusion?

6th Oct 2008 : Has the so-called Prosperity gospel turned its followers into some of the most willing participants - and hence, victims - of the current financial crisis?

6th Oct 2008 : THE Catholic lobby has escalated the pressure on Victoria's lawmakers by claiming the bill that proposes to decriminalise abortion is in breach of the State Government's charter of human rights.

6th Oct 2008 : "I don't believe in God, but I miss Him," the book begins. Julian Barnes, an atheist turned agnostic, has decided at the age of 62 to address his fear of death

5th Oct 2008 : BOSTON (AP) -- Deborah Anderson had heard the urban legends about the contraceptive effectiveness of Coca-Cola products for years.

5th Oct 2008 : Cooperation between insects and bacteria suggests inter-species collaboration may be common in many ecosystems

4th Oct 2008 : The nation's largest group of atheists and agnostics is suing President Bush, the governor of Wisconsin and other officials over the federal law designating a National Day of Prayer.

4th Oct 2008 :
Christian creationists have long railed against the theory of evolution. But you may not have heard anything yet.

4th Oct 2008 : A nostalgic voyage takes a darker turn, exploring the naiveté of mankind through the eyes of a young boy.

4th Oct 2008 : An American-style Christian university where students study the Bible alongside mainstream arts and humanities subjects should be set up in Britain, according to an academic paper published by a leading Christian think-tank.

4th Oct 2008 : YouTube have reinstated the previously banned video by Pat Condell about Sharia Law in Britain, which certain Muslim groups had urged them to censor.

3rd Oct 2008 : A new space race is officially under way, and this one should have the sci-fi geeks salivating.

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3rd Oct 2008 : If there's a mountain, a body of water or other physical barrier between two populations of a species, then chances are good they'll diverge over time.

3rd Oct 2008 : Video hosting site slated for host slating videos

2nd Oct 2008 : For years I struggled to understand how the geologic data I worked with everyday could be fit into a Biblical perspective.

2nd Oct 2008 : As a result of his usual brave and dignified stand in favour of freedom of speech his video has been removed.

1st Oct 2008 : Bowl dated between late 2nd century B.C. and the early 1st century A.D.

1st Oct 2008 : Where should scientists hunt for evidence of Martian life?

1st Oct 2008 : If the notion of dark energy sounds improbable, get ready for an even more outlandish suggestion.

1st Oct 2008 : Scientists from Texas universities on Tuesday denounced what they called supernatural and religious teaching in public school

1st Oct 2008 : Bill Maher appeared on "The View" Tuesday morning to promote his upcoming film, "Religulous," which comes out Friday

30th Sept 2008 : Six books the next president of the United States should read, including Richard Dawkins' The Blind Watchmaker.

30th Sept 2008 : When publishers are too intimidated to print even novels that may offend, it shows how far we've lost our way on free speech