So why was the University’s Sheldonian Theatre packed, with two other theaters full of people watching the debate on closed-circuit screens? Why was it covered by the news media? Why had it been sold ...

It wasn’t quite a “where were you when” moment, but almost. I’m talking about Richard Dawkins — the world’s most famous atheist — announcing that he’d become a “cultural Christian.” Initially I was ...

Few living thinkers have been as influential—or controversial—as Richard Dawkins. An evolutionary biologist by training, Dawkins rose to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which ...

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 ...

For nearly five decades, Richard Dawkins has enjoyed a global fame rarely achieved by scientists. He has adapted his swaggering Oxbridge eloquence to a variety of media ecosystems. He began as an ...

Richard Dawkins is the bestselling author of such books as "The Selfish Gene," "The God Delusion" and "Unweaving the Rainbow." The British scientist will appear in “An Evening with Richard Dawkins and ...

Nathaniel Comfort is a visiting professor at the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine and Society, University of California, Berkeley, and a historian of medicine at Johns Hopkins University, ...