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Human DNA contaminates a fifth of sequenced genomes
February 16, 2011 New Scientist, n.2800, p.4
almost one-fifth of bacteria, plant and animal genomes sequenced in the lab carry chunks of human DNA, probably because of poor lab practices
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Genome databases suffer from the human touch
February 16, 2011 Nature News
contamination of non-primate DNA archives with human sequences indicates that better screening is needed
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News Update/Commentary
Fossils May Look Like Human Bones: Biological Anthropologists Question Claims for Human Ancestry
February 16, 2011 Science Daily
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News Update/Commentary
Earliest Humans Not So Different from Us
February 15, 2011 Science Daily
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News Update/Commentary
New Research Changes Understanding of C4 Plant Evolution
February 15, 2011 Science Daily
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How the Next Generation Gets Connected, Inspired, and Mentored in the ID Community
February 15, 2011 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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News Update/Commentary
Molecular Link Between Reproduction in Yeast and Humans
February 15, 2011 Science Daily
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Gonorrhea Acquires a Piece of Human DNA
February 14, 2011 Science Daily
first evidence of gene transfer from human host to bacterial pathogen
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Beyond Intellectualism
February 14, 2011 The American Prospect
on becoming an anti-intellectual intellectual
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Schools respond to proposed evolution teachings
February 12, 2011 pntonline.com (Portales, NM)
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Complete Fourth Metatarsal and Arches in the Foot of Australopithecus afarensis
February 11, 2011 Science, v.331, n.6018, p.750-753
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Embryological Evidence Identifies Wing Digits in Birds as Digits 1, 2, and 3
February 11, 2011 Science, v.331, n.6018, p.753-757
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Churches strive to bridge the perceived gap between faith and reason
February 11, 2011 My Suburban Life (Downers Grove, IL)
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The Landscape of Human Evolution
February 11, 2011 Science, v.331, n.6018, p.690
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For Darwin Day: False Facts & Dawkins' Whopper
February 11, 2011 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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LETTER: Evolution and God are incompatible
February 11, 2011 Star-Gazette (New York)
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Development of an artificial cell, from self-organization to computation and self-reproduction
February 11, 2011 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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News Update/Commentary
Simple Marine Worms Distantly Related to Humans
February 10, 2011 Science Daily
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Woodpecker drumming inspires shock-absorbing system
February 10, 2011 Access Research Network (blog)
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Too many teachers reject or ignore evolution
February 10, 2011 People's World
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Frogs Evolve Teeth--Again
February 10, 2011 National Geographic
mysterious re-evolution challenges evolutionary theory
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These bones were made for walking
February 10, 2011 Nature News
human-like foot arches strengthen argument that Australopithecus 'Lucy' was not a climber
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Fossil find puts 'Lucy' story on firm footing
February 10, 2011 BBC News
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Magazine Article
The twist that shows Lucy wasn't flat-footed
February 10, 2011 New Scientist
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Evolution: A can of worms
February 9, 2011 Nature, v.470, p.161-162
an obscure group of tiny creatures takes centre stage in a battle to work out the tree of life
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Astronomer sees room for God in sciences
February 9, 2011 MSNBC (Associated Press)
the two are not wholly exclusive, Christian scientist who won lawsuit says
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Giant archaeological trove found in Google Earth
February 9, 2011 New Scientist, n.2799, p.14
using detailed satellite imagery, Australian researchers have discovered tombs potentially 10,000 years old in remote stretches of Saudi Arabia
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Evolution's X factor: Shuffling up new species
February 9, 2011 New Scientist, n.2799, p.32-35
Darwin described the creation of new species as the "mystery of mysteries". Could the solution be found in a single gene?
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Religion no excuse for promoting scientific ignorance
February 8, 2011 New Scientist, n.2798
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Non-racemic amino acid production in space
February 8, 2011 Access Research Network (blog)
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News Update/Commentary
Unexpected Exoskeleton Remnants Found in Paleozoic Fossils
February 8, 2011 Science Daily
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Appreciating Religion and Science on Evolution Weekend
February 7, 2011 Huffington Post
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Jumping Genes Caught in the Act: New Evidence That the Genome Contains Many Mobile Elements
February 7, 2011 Science Daily
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X-Rays Reveal Hidden Leg of an Ancient Snake: New Hints on How Snakes Were Getting Legless
February 7, 2011 Science Daily
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One species, two hemispheres
February 7, 2011 The Scientist
protozoan populations isolated in the North and South poles belong to the same species
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History of science shows consensus can be mistaken
February 7, 2011 The Australian
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News Update/Commentary
Clay-Armored Bubbles May Have Formed First Protocells: Minerals Could Have Played a Key Role in the Origins of Life
February 7, 2011 Science Daily
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What should everyone know about paleontology?
February 7, 2011 Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week
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News Update/Commentary
Blenny Bonanza: Seven New Species of Fish Revealed by Genetic Analysis
February 5, 2011 Science Daily
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"Young-Earth Creationists in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain? Towards a Reassessment of 'Scriptural Geology'" (pdf)
February 5, 2011 History of Science, v.45, p.357-403
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News Update/Commentary
Discovery of Jumping Gene Cluster Tangles Tree of Life
February 5, 2011 Science Daily
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"Climate and Human Evolution"
February 4, 2011 Science, v.331, n.6017, p.540-542
climate change and its effects on African ecosystems may have played a key role in human evolution
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News Update/Commentary
Rare Insect Fossil Reveals 100 Million Years of Evolutionary Stasis
February 4, 2011 Science Daily
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Magnetic Polar Shifts Causing Massive Global Superstorms
February 4, 2011 Salem-News (Oregon)
superstorms can also cause certain societies, cultures or whole countries to collapse ... others may go to war with each other
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Houdini's Skeptical Advice: Just Because Something's Unexplained Doesn't Mean It's Supernatural
February 4, 2011 Scientific American
before you say something is out of this world, first make sure that it is not in this world
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Astronomy: Beyond the stars
February 3, 2011 Nature, v.470, p.24-26
Launched in 2009 to seek out worlds beyond the Solar System, the Kepler mission is exceeding expectations. Is it closing in on another Earth?
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A closely packed system of low-mass, low-density planets transiting Kepler-11
February 3, 2011 Nature, v.470, p.53-58
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Magazine Article
Found: Dozens of planet candidates smaller than Earth
February 3, 2011 New Scientist
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"Earth 2.0"
February 3, 2011 Nature, v.470, p.5
The hunt is on for a distant planet similar to our own. Astronomers should decide just how similar it needs to be, before the candidates start pouring in.
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The Martin Gaskell Case: Not an Isolated Incident
February 3, 2011 National Review Online
the case of Professor Gaskell, who sued University of Kentucky for religious discrimination, needs to be understood in the context of widespread anti-Christian discrimination in academic science