Talking to the dead is no big deal…it’s getting them to talk back that’s the really hard part.

Richard Dawkins doing what he does best - talking about science - to Lawrence Krauss at Stanford.

It’s in six parts. You can see the rest here.

[Not safe for work or children]

How come they don’t have science education programmes like this over here?

Tom recommended a great TedTalk. So did Jeff. My turn (actually, my wife’s).

Ken Robinson on education. Amazing.

The BBC is awesome.

This is the kind of programme that only the BBC can make and is likely to cause me to say something that will merit the response “Why don’t you go back to your own country then?”. To which I might reply “Maybe my new country can learn something from the old one so I don’t need to”.

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6

I hope it’s a part of a series and I can find the rest. It raises the question “Why am I suddenly all atheist in America when, before, I was just someone who didn’t believe in God?”. Good question!