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A recent Gallup poll showed that only 4 in 10 believe in Darwin's evolution in the US. I am saddened, but not surprised, to hear this. Religion is a dangerous system of control that wants to keep society in a permanent state of childhood. I can not agree more with Émile Zola: "Civilization will not attain perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest."

"As Darwin is being lauded as one of the most important scientists in history on the 200th anniversary of his birth (on Feb. 12, 1809), it is perhaps dismaying to scientists who study and respect his work to see that well less than half of Americans today say they believe in the theory of evolution [...], the evidence is clear that even to this day, Americans' religious beliefs are a significant predictor of their attitudes toward Darwin's theory. Those who attend church most often are the least likely to believe in evolution, and most likely to say they do not believe in it."

Source: Gallup, Feb. 11, 2009.

This is the six-minute Tree of Life video that appeared on the BBC One programme Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life narrated by David Attenborough. The BBC also developed an interactive tree-of-life.

Related: an interview to Richard Dawkins about Darwin on NatGeo.

In the year 2008, for the first time in history there is more people living in cities than in rural areas. The number of people living in slums is expected to exceed 1,000,000,000 very soon. The Places We Live by Jonas Bendisksen is an interactive art project that documents life in 4 slums in the cities of Venezuela, India, Jakarta and Nairobi, including photos, interviews and 360-degrees panoramas of people showing their homes.

Sin Piel (no Fur) is a demonstration that takes place every year, to raise public awareness about the cost of the manufacturing of fur coats in terms of animal suffering. This year it was done in the steps of Plaça del Rei in Barcelona. In this Reuters photo the activists are preparing for the activity. Fabiola was one of the organizers (in black on the left side):

The demonstration is organized by Anima Naturalis, an international NGO for the promotion and defense of animal rights.

See also photos and coverage in the press.