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Javed Akhtar becomes first Indian to win Richard Dawkins Award

The Richard Dawkins Award is given to honour ‘a recipient who will be a distinguished individual from the worlds of science, scholarship, education or entertainment, who publicly proclaims the values of secularism and rationalism, upholding scientific truth wherever it may lead’

1 min read7 Jun 2020
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Javed Akhtar becomes only Indian to bag prestigious Richard Dawkins Award

The award, which is named after English evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, has been presented since 2003Javed Akhtar's wife and actor Shabana Azmi, shared the information on Twitter

1 min read7 Jun 2020
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Scientists outscore economists when it comes to Twitter

Economists use more jargon and mention fewer users compared to scientists on Twitter

2 min read29 Mar 2018
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The Selfish Gene: an alternative theory of evolution

Richard Dawkins's radical theory may not offer a comfortable view of existence, but it will blow your mind nonetheless

4 min read10 Sep 2016
Education

The evolution-religion controversy will never go away: Douglas Futuyma

Douglas Futuyma, professor at Stony Brook University, on evolution and the future of disease

4 min read17 Apr 2013
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Science can be fun

Science can be fun

3 min read30 Jan 2009

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