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Genetics: The rate of human mutation
August 23, 2012 Nature, v.488, p.467-468
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Noted Atheist Philosopher Thomas Nagel: "Defenders of Intelligent Design Deserve Our Gratitude"
August 22, 2012 Evolution News & Views
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Astrobiology: Science or Boondoggle?
August 22, 2012 Evolution News & Views
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In Defense of Science: An Interview with NCSE’s Eugenie Scott
August 22, 2012 KQED (Northern California)
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From the mouths of molluscs -- ancient snail relative found
August 22, 2012 Yahoo! News
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Bonobo genius makes stone tools like early humans did
August 22, 2012 New Scientist, n.2879, p.11
not content with learning sign language or coining "words", Kanzi the bonobo now seems able to make flint tools as well as our ancestors did
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The all-time greatest popular science books
August 22, 2012 New Scientist, n.2879, p.3
we're asking for your votes to help us decide which popular science books have done the most to transform public thinking
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Consciousness as the key to our mental traits
August 22, 2012 New Scientist, n.2879, p.51
level of consciousness activity linked to several psychiatric conditions
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Eugenie Scott on the Stealth of Science Denialism
August 21, 2012 Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
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News Update/Commentary
Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano
August 21, 2012 CNN
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They never forget: The strange gift of perfect memory
August 20, 2012 New Scientist, n.2878, p.34-37
Some people can recall what happened on almost every day of their lives. Unlocking their secrets could shed light on the way all our memories work.
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Oxford Ethicist: "Moral Obligation" to Destroy Embryos Carrying Genes for Alcoholism Susceptibility, Other Undesirable Traits
August 20, 2012 Evolution News & Views
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5 Ways to Leave Your Body
August 20, 2012 Discover Magazine
Want to teleport through space or travel the world at will? Out-of-body technology can alter your sense of place and set you free.
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Our Views: Louisiana's Loch Ness mythology
August 19, 2012 The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
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Reproduction in Early Amniotes
August 17, 2012 Science, v.337, n.6096, p.806-808
recent fossil finds help to explain why the early fossil record is dominated by live-bearing amniotes, although live-bearing amniotes evolved later than egg-laying ones
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Reconstructing Native American population history
August 16, 2012 Nature, v.488, p.370-374
a survey of genetic variation in Native American and Siberian populations reveals that Native Americans are descended from at least three streams of gene flow from Asia
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Interbreeding with Neanderthals, or simply breeding?
August 16, 2012 New Scientist, n.2878, p.3
Homo sapiens may not have had sex with Neanderthals after all -- but perhaps it doesn't matter in any case
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Stone Age skull-smashers spark a cultural mystery
August 16, 2012 New Scientist, n.2878, p.10
A cache of Neolithic skulls unearthed in Syria had been exhumed, separated from their bodies, had their faces smashed in and been reburied. But why?
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Keep religious beliefs out of science class if we want Ky. kids to compete
August 16, 2012 kentucky.com
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Plume power: Deep engines of earthquakes and volcanoes
August 15, 2012 New Scientist, n.2878, p.38-41
Plate tectonics can't explain all the earthquakes, volcanoes and landscapes of Earth, so what else is shaping its surface?
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Questions over human and Neanderthal interbreeding
August 15, 2012 New Scientist, n.2878, p.12
the genes that many humans share in common with Neanderthals do not reflect interspecies breeding
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News Update/Commentary
Aliens in the oceans -- searching for life on the moons of Jupiter
August 14, 2012 CNN
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Missouri 'Right to Pray' Law Could Limit Teaching Evolution
August 14, 2012 Science Insider
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Paper Rebuffs Assumption that Pseudogenes Are Genetic "Junk," Claims Function Is "Widespread"
August 14, 2012 Evolution News & Views
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News Update/Commentary
Mutant butterflies a result of Fukushima nuclear disaster
August 14, 2012 CNN
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GOP lawmakers question standards for teaching evolution in Kentucky
August 14, 2012 kentucky.com
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Blog Post
An Example of “Directed" Mutation and an Idiotic “Gotcha"
August 13, 2012 Sandwalk
There's nothing in modern evolutionary theory that allows for mutations that arise specifically because they will produce a future benefit. That's why we say that mutations are “random" with respect to outcome.
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A Big Bang Theory of Homo
August 13, 2012 Evolution News & Views
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Unguided or Not? How Do Darwinian Evolutionists Define Their Theory?
August 11, 2012 Evolution News & Views
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The Voyage to Find Out How Earth Was Born
August 11, 2012 Discover Magazine
a daredevil spacecraft is giving us our first look at the asteroid Vesta -- a unique survivor from the demolition derby that created our own celestial home
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Neandertal Champion Defends the Reputation of Our Closest Cousins
August 10, 2012 Science, v.337, n. 6095, p.642-643
archaeologist João Zilhão and his critics trade charges over who truly invented artifacts at European sites -- and whether Neandertals were “modern”
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A New Face Reveals Multiple Lineages Alive at the Dawn of Our Genus Homo
August 10, 2012 Science, v.337, n.6095, p.635
after 40 years of searching, an international team of researchers has found fossils of a face and two jawbones that they say belong to the same species as the mysterious skull of Homo rudolfensis
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In a Fly's Eye: My, Oh My, What Evolution -- er, Design
August 10, 2012 Evolution News & Views
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Arab liberals must stay in the game
August 9, 2012 Nature, v.488, p.131
Islamist academics are gaining power in the Middle East and North Africa, but to build science needs liberal input
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A transitional snake from the Late Cretaceous period of North America
August 9, 2012 Nature, v.488, p.205-208
previously undescribed material from the Cretaceous Coniophis precedens shows that it is the most primitive known snake
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New fossils from Koobi Fora in northern Kenya confirm taxonomic diversity in early Homo
August 9, 2012 Nature, v.488, p.201-204
three newly discovered hominin fossils aged between 1.78 and 1.95 million years old confirm the presence of two contemporary species of early Homo in the early Pleistocene of eastern Africa
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Astrobiology: Frontier or fiction
August 9, 2012 Nature, v.488, p.160-161
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Physics prize dwarfs all others
August 9, 2012 Nature, v.488, p.144
theorists left reeling after billionaire reveals massive prize
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Can we live without free will?
August 9, 2012 New Scientist, n.2877, p.3
New research has reignited the debate about whether humans truly have free will. But what difference would it make if we didn't?
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Bring Ancient Voices Back to Life
August 9, 2012 Discover Magazine
rebuilding the vocal tracts of extinct creatures could let us hear long-lost sounds: an ancient whale song, the cries of our ancestors
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Massive meteorite crater found in Canadian Arctic
August 8, 2012 Yahoo! News (LiveScience)
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Science and Faith: Friends or Foes?
August 8, 2012 Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri
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p.3 — When God Says "Good"
August 8, 2012 From the Editor
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p.8 — Mechanisms of Adaptation in Biology: Genetic Diversity
August 8, 2012 Research
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p.9-11 — Staying on Track Despite Deceptive Distractions
August 8, 2012 Real World Apologetics
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p.12-14 — Tracking Those Incredible Hypercanes
August 8, 2012 Impact
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p.15 — Flat Gaps Between Strata
August 8, 2012 Back to Genesis
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p.16 — An Amazing Tract Record
August 8, 2012 Back to Genesis
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p.17 — Four Scientific Reasons That Refute Evolution
August 8, 2012 Back to Genesis
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Stephen Hawking: man, icon and myth
August 8, 2012 New Scientist, n.2877, p.51
The most famous living scientist is portrayed as an archetypal lone genius. Could this be harming science?