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Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design
February 4, 2009 Discovery Institute (Seattle, WA)
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International Conference on Science in Society
February 4, 2009 Cambridge University (UK)
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Ben Stein cancels Vermont speech in evolution row
February 4, 2009 Associated Press
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A Comeback for Lamarckian Evolution?
February 4, 2009 Technology Review (MIT)
two new studies show that the effects of a mother's early environment can be passed on to the next generation
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Can we please forget about Charles Darwin?
February 4, 2009 Telegraph (UK)
as we celebrate Charles Darwin's anniversary, a leading geneticist argues that our understanding of evolution would be much improved if we removed Darwin's life -- and pointless references to religion -- from the equation
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News Update/Commentary
Ancient sponges leave their mark
February 4, 2009 BBC News
traces of animal life have been found in rocks dating back 635 million years
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What's the point of being warm-blooded?
February 4, 2009 New Scientist, n.2694, p.42-45
the evolution of warm-bloodedness, or endothermy, is one of life's great mysteries
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The credit crunch could be a boon for irrational belief
February 4, 2009 New Scientist, n.2694, p.5
one thing that science can tell us about hard times is that religion will prosper
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Asteroid bound for Earth! Warn your grandchildren
February 4, 2009 New Scientist, n.2694, p.12
an asteroid that had initially been thought harmless might just hit Earth 160 years from now
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Unnatural selection: Robots start to evolve
February 4, 2009 New Scientist, n.2694, p.20-21
a robot with a brain that grows as its body develops could lead to more versatile humanoid robots and prosthetics
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"World's largest telescope under construction"
February 4, 2009 Nature, v.457, p.648
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"Neanderthal genome to be unveiled"
February 4, 2009 Nature, v.457, p.645
draft sequence opens window on human relatives
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Giant snake fossil hints at a hotter future
February 4, 2009 New Scientist, n.2694, p.16
the discovery of a 1-tonne ancestor of the boa constrictor suggests that there may be no cap on temperatures in the tropics as global warming gathers pace
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Prehistoric Fossil Snake is Largest on Record
February 4, 2009 National Science Foundation
today's anacondas are mere shadows of 60-million-year old skeleton
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Book
Discover Does Darwin: Special Section on Evolution
February 4, 2009 Discover Magazine
the future of Homo sapiens, genetic proof of evolution, the next Galapagos, and more
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Darwin anniversary reignites ideological debates
February 3, 2009 Oklahoma Daily (University of Oklahoma)
many disagree, while others search for middle
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Reason or faith? Darwin expert reflects
February 3, 2009 University of Wisconsin, Madison
on the top of many Darwin Day speakers lists is Ronald Numbers, Hilldale Professor of the History of Science and Medicine
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Pregnant fossil shows how early whales evolved
February 3, 2009 Reuters
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Fossil of pregnant whale found
February 3, 2009 Nature News
position of fetus suggests that early whales gave birth on land
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Creationism and Intelligent Design Should Be Kept Out of the Classroom
February 3, 2009 U. S. News & World Report
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Hybrid embryos fail to live up to stem-cell hopes
February 3, 2009 Nature News
strategy for creating pluripotent cells called into question
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Early Whales Gave Birth on Land
February 3, 2009 National Science Foundation
fossil discovery in Pakistan uncovers skeleton of extinct pregnant female whale
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Are You There, E.T.? It's Me, Maggie
February 3, 2009 Discover Magazine
astrobiologist Maggie Turnbull gets paid by NASA to search for alien life
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Point-Counterpoint: Darwin events are one-sided celebration
February 3, 2009 Oklahoma Daily (University of Oklahoma)
one-sided celebration betrays university ideals of diversity, inclusiveness
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Point-Counterpoint: Darwin events are balanced and beneficial
February 3, 2009 Oklahoma Daily (University of Oklahoma)
events to cover myriad aspects of evolution, span many academic fields
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Where faith meets fact
February 2, 2009 Union-Tribune (San Diego, CA)
physicist Karl Giberson's attempt to reconcile science and religion is met with attacks from both camps
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Animal-human clones don't work, U.S. company finds
February 2, 2009 Reuters
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Belief in Creationism Grows in UK
February 2, 2009 CBN News (Christian Broadcasting Network)
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Evolution by Intelligent Design
February 2, 2009 Discover Magazine
bioengineers will likely control the future of humans as a species
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Rescuing Darwinism
February 2, 2009 Guardian (UK)
the public has been turned off evolutionary theory by its false association with reductionism, nihilism, atheism, and amorality
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Paper sparks fossil fury
February 2, 2009 Nature News
palaeontologists criticize publication of specimen with questionable origin
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Book
Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness
February 1, 2009 Hill and Wang (Macmillan)
see also Amazon
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REVIEW ARTICLE: "Darwin, Dover, 'Intelligent design' and textbooks" (pdf)
February 1, 2009 Biochemical Journal, v.417, p.29-42
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Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
February 1, 2009 BBC One (9pm)
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Darwin's Evolutionary Tree 'Annihilated'
February 1, 2009 Institute for Creation Research
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Book
Acts & Facts, v.38, n.2 (pdf)
February 1, 2009 Institute for Creation Research
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My Pilgrimage to Lucy's Holy Relics Fails to Inspire Faith in Darwinism
February 1, 2009 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Half of Britons do not believe in evolution, survey finds
February 1, 2009 Guardian (UK)
more than one-fifth prefer creationism or intelligent design, while many others are confused about Darwin's theory
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Book
Darwin's Lost World: The Hidden History of Animal Life
February 1, 2009 Oxford University Press
see also Amazon
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What Darwin Didn't Know
February 1, 2009 Smithsonian magazine
today's scientists marvel that the 19th-century naturalist's grand vision of evolution is still the key to life
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Darwin's First Clues
February 1, 2009 National Geographic
he was inspired by fossils of armadillos and sloths
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A Christian Progressive Happy Birthday to Charles Darwin
February 1, 2009 Washington Post ... Newsweek
professor of theology at Chicago Theological Seminary
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Profiles in Versatility
February 1, 2009 APS News (American Physical Society), v.18, n.2
finding sanctuary in faith and physics ... Michal Heller, a Catholic priest, and Ronald B. Kopelman, a rabbi, also happen to be physicists
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Interview with Dr. Francisco J. Ayala
February 1, 2009 Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, v.29, n.3
one of the world’s foremost evolutionary geneticists
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Book
Alfred Russel Wallace's Theory of Intelligent Evolution
February 1, 2009 Erasmus Press
how Wallace's World of Life challenged Darwinism; see also Amazon and
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Book
Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species
February 1, 2009 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
see also Amazon
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A Skeptic's Take on the Public Misunderstanding of Darwin
February 1, 2009 Michael Shermer
on the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday two myths persist about evolution and natural selection
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The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization
February 1, 2009 Bloomsbury Press
see excerpt from the Wall Street Journal; see also Amazon
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Creation-Evolution Headlines
February 1, 2009 Master Plan Productions
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Choking the Mediterranean to dehydration: The Messinian salinity crisis
February 1, 2009 Geology, v.37, n.2, p.167-170