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Measuring the Real Water Use of Commerce
This isn't Atheist related, but its pretty amazing. The New York Times featured it in Observatory on the 20th of April. It is currently set-up for non-commercial use, and is targeted for industry, but I would recommend fiddling around with it. It has been created by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and you can find it here. Its pretty compelling stuff, and while you may not see how this relates to nonbelief, this is something I do believe in.
Dawkins Stirs the Pot
Why is Richard Dawkins, of all people, acting like a fool? On the subject of evolution, he argues with wondrous self-assurance and a brilliant command of detail. He’s established himself as his generation’s finest author on the human sciences and (in many
Tired of Texas
Jefferson Davis — Mississippi cotton planter, president of the Confederacy and stout defender of slavery — might be a historical footnote to most Americans, but he's about to get a politically inspired boost. A determined majority of the Texas Board of Education is preparing to require that Texas students be taught about Davis, and his discredited view of states' rights, alongside Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator.