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Join critically-acclaimed author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and world-renowned theoretical physicist and author Lawrence Krauss as they discuss biology, cosmology, religion, and a host of other topics.

The authors will also discuss their new books. Dawkins recently published The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True, an exploration of the magic of discovery embodied in the practice of science. Written for all age groups, the book moves forward from historical examples of supernatural explanations of natural phenomena to focus on the actual science behind how the world works.

Krauss's latest book, A Universe from Nothing: Why There is Something Rather than Nothing, explains the scientific advances that provide insight into how the universe formed. Krauss tackles the age-old assumption that something cannot arise from nothing by arguing that not only can something arise from nothing, but something will always arise from nothing.

Founded in 2008, the ASU Origins Project is a university-wide transdisciplinary initiative aimed at facilitating cutting edge research and inquiry about origins questions, enhancing public science literacy, and improving science education. Since its inception, the Origins Project has brought the world's leading scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, to Tempe to explore origins questions. The Origins Project has hosted workshops and public events that have focused on questions as fundamental as the origin of the universe, how life began, the origins of human uniqueness, and the origins of morality.

'Distasteful and offensive': Twin Towers costumes spark outrage


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Amber Langford, left, and Annie Collinge, right, reportedly said their 9/11-themed costumes were "not intended as a joke."

LONDON -- Two British teens have sparked outrage after dressing up for Halloween as the Twin Towers during the 9/11 attacks.

The costumes were labeled "South Tower" and "North Tower" and included explosions, planes, and people jumping out of the buildings, The Sun newspaper reported. The tabloid's front-page headline on Wednesday read "Towering Stupidity."
The 19-year-old students also wore American flags planted among more wreckage on their heads.

They reportedly received £150 ($240) for winning the "best dressed" competition at a Halloween party at Rosies nightclub in Chester, England.

The newspaper named the pair as Amber Langford, a biology student whose father is reportedly a retired pilot, and criminology student Annie Collinge.

John Feal, president of New York-based 9/11 victims’ organization The FealGood Foundation, described the incident aas "shameful."
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See images from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
"The insensitivity level for this act of ignorance is topped by none. As for the nightclub who allowed it, sponsored it and endorsed it, shame on you," Feal told The Sun.

Almost 3,000 people died in the al-Qaeda attacks on September 11, 2001, including 67 U.K. citizens.
The teens apologized "if any offence was caused."

In a statement to the Sun, they added: "The idea was to depict a serious, modern-day horror that happened in our lifetime and was not intended as a joke."

A spokeswoman for the Stonegate Pub Company, which runs Rosies nightclub, added: "We are extremely concerned that an award was made to two women dressed in a distasteful and offensive manner."

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