AMES, Iowa — A scientist frequently found on annual lists of "most influential," "living genius," and "the world's top thinkers" will speak at Iowa State University. Richard Dawkins, evolutionary ...

It’s not always the best-adapted animal that survives. Sometimes, it’s the one that exploits its fellow creatures ...

From its attention-grabbing title to its accessible prose, Richard Dawkins’s “The Selfish Gene” (1976) has (selfishly) spread its message in an impressive way since publication. Proclaimed brilliant ...

On the other hand, Dawkins’ forays into the popularization of evolutionary processes also made the zoologist the target of creationists and even a few biologists. In particular, his critics argue that ...

Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" was published in 1859. Its basic idea--that life evolved by survival of the fittest through natural selection--has long been accepted as scientific fact. And yet, ...

Richard Dawkins has reflected on coining the term “meme”. The word was first shared by the scientist in his 1972 bestselling book The Selfish Gene, where it referred to the self-replication of genes ...

WBEZ is a media sponsor of Live Nation. The world-renowned evolutionary biologist, author, and public intellectual Richard Dawkins is coming to the Chicago Theatre on September 21 st. Renowned for his ...

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DALLAS (Reuters) - British scientist Richard Dawkins asks readers to imagine they are a teacher of Roman history whose attention is constantly distracted by a movement that claims the Roman Empire ...

A religious quest can still be a rational undertaking — not a leap into pure mystery. By Ross Douthat Fear that culture will be made obsolete by artificial intelligence is not an overestimation of ...