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Boycott Waitrose! Their employee Walker Smith tackled a shoplifter & grabbed his bag. Instead of being given a medal, he was fired: tackling shoplifters is “dangerous”. Well, yes, perhaps dangerous to Mr Smith (hence medal), or dangerous to the shoplifter, in which case, good

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Published: April 13, 2026 18:38

Boycott Waitrose! Their employee Walker Smith tackled a shoplifter & grabbed his bag. Instead of being given a medal, he was fired: tackling shoplifters is “dangerous”. Well, yes, perhaps dangerous to Mr Smith (hence medal), or dangerous to the…

Neanderthal genome is largely known. If it becomes possible to reconstruct a live Neanderthal person, what, in your opinion, would be the pros and cons? I’m genuinely interested in canvassing opinions for and against.

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Published: April 12, 2026 09:41

Neanderthal genome is largely known. If it becomes possible to reconstruct a live Neanderthal person, what, in your opinion, would be the pros and cons? I’m genuinely interested in canvassing opinions for and against.

Endnotes are often signalled by little numbers in the text, but I find these distracting. What do you think? In The Genetic Book of the Dead, I pioneered a different system. Each endnote has a key phrase, the phrase which would, under the old system, have borne the little number. It also has the page number on which the phrase occurs. Do you prefer the little numbers? A refinement , which I propose for my next book, is the quarter of the page where the phrase occurs.

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Published: April 2, 2026 18:00

Endnotes are often signalled by little numbers in the text, but I find these distracting. What do you think? In The Genetic Book of the Dead, I pioneered a different system. Each endnote has a key phrase, the phrase which would, under the old system, have…

RT by @RichardDawkins: The Magic of Reality is now available to everyone! Tickets for An Evening with @RichardDawkins Live in Australia & NZ are officially ON SALE to the general public. All cities. All venues. No more codes required. Secure your tickets now via http://thinkable.events

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Published: March 30, 2026 23:06

The Magic of Reality is now available to everyone! Tickets for An Evening with @RichardDawkins Live in Australia & NZ are officially ON SALE to the general public. All cities. All venues. No more codes required. Secure your tickets now via…

March 26 is #ScienceAppreciationDay. But for science you probably wouldn’t have reached your latest birthday. Talking of birthdays, March 26 is my 85th. Science saves lives. It’s also humanity’s best shot at universal understanding: one of the things that makes life worth saving.

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Published: March 26, 2026 15:43

March 26 is #ScienceAppreciationDay. But for science you probably wouldn’t have reached your latest birthday. Talking of birthdays, March 26 is my 85th. Science saves lives. It’s also humanity’s best shot at universal understanding: one of the things that…

RT by @RichardDawkins: Reason is coming to the Southern Hemisphere! We are thrilled to announce that @RichardDawkins is returning to Australia and New Zealand for an unscripted evening of science, wit, and unapologetic truth. Access pre-sale tickets before they sell out at http://thinkable.events

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Published: March 26, 2026 07:42

Reason is coming to the Southern Hemisphere! We are thrilled to announce that @RichardDawkins is returning to Australia and New Zealand for an unscripted evening of science, wit, and unapologetic truth. Access pre-sale tickets before they sell out at…

Warning! @Avast cleanup for Mac. I just lost a morning’s work. Avast flashed up invitation to Cleanup. I saved my MS Word file, set Cleanup going, went for coffee. When I returned, I told Word to reload the file: “No longer available”. That was my morning’s work down the pan.

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Published: March 24, 2026 11:47

Warning! @Avast cleanup for Mac. I just lost a morning’s work. Avast flashed up invitation to Cleanup. I saved my MS Word file, set Cleanup going, went for coffee. When I returned, I told Word to reload the file: “No longer available”. That was my…

Bob Trivers has died. Highly influential thinker, largely responsible for the economic reasoning that dominates modern evolutionary theory. To read his well-named autobiography, Wild Life, is a trip as crazy-wild as the substance-induced trips that fuelled his brilliant ideas.

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Published: March 20, 2026 20:13

Bob Trivers has died. Highly influential thinker, largely responsible for the economic reasoning that dominates modern evolutionary theory. To read his well-named autobiography, Wild Life, is a trip as crazy-wild as the substance-induced trips that fuelled…

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Published: March 3, 2026 11:43

This policewoman is a hero. She should get a medal for bravely supporting freedom of speech. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/23/met-one-officer-knows-free-speech-train-rest/?recomm_id=d8fdc5f6-4809-42cd-9174-9f7bc65b476c

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Published: February 23, 2026 23:14

This policewoman is a hero. She should get a medal for bravely supporting freedom of speech. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02…