On Friday evening we looked up into the sky and saw a bright twinkly dot rising in the south – the International Space Station was overhead.

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Here’s a nice video from the Richard Dawkins Foundation featuring the philosopher AC Grayling. He’s explaining why the policy of ‘teaching the controversy’ in those areas of education that some would like to make controversial, even though they are really not at all controversial, does nothing but devalue education.

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See what’s been worth reading today.

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Now, how did we first come across the Cybraphon project? Was it via Radio Riel, that noted purveyor of steampunk music? I believe it must have been. Anyway, fresh from its BAFTA success, the robot is now collaborating with guest composers. The following video is a tango composed by Bernd Rest.

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From today, if you want to criticise religion in Ireland in a way that its adherents choose to find offensive, you might find yourself paying 25,000 euros for the privilege. To highlight this regressive new blasphemy law, the Atheist Ireland blog has posted a list of 25 blasphemous quotes and asking bloggers to republish them. So here we go.

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