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A dirty twist on beating the prisoner's dilemma
May 23, 2012 New Scientist, n.2866, p.9
a cruel new strategy for the classic game-theory problem shows how exploitation can prove successful, but only if the exploited rolls over and takes it
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Number of asteroids that pose risk to Earth is doubled
May 23, 2012 New Scientist, n.2866, p.5
the asteroid-tracking NEOWISE mission reveals that twice as many asteroids as previously thought are on low-inclination orbits that could hit our planet
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Tyrannosaur auctioned despite protests from Mongolia
May 23, 2012 New Scientist, n.2866, p.4-5
a tyrannosaur skeleton has been sold for $1 million -- but it's a dinosaur that has never been found outside Mongolia, where exporting fossils is illegal
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Eric Metaxas Will Host David Berlinski, June 12, at the University Club in New York
May 23, 2012 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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If Humans Write Genetic Code, Is It Intelligent Design?
May 22, 2012 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Crater Count Dating Still Unreliable
May 22, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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Written in Ink: No Evolution
May 21, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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News Update/Commentary
Squid Ink from Jurassic Period Identical to Modern Cuttlefish Ink
May 21, 2012 Science Daily
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Darwin's Cowards
May 20, 2012 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
I never quite pictured the context in which I'd get to say it, but Charles Darwin, a brave and honest man even if he was wrong, deserves better.
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Animal Sin: What Does It Imply?
May 20, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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News to Note
May 19, 2012 Answers in Genesis
a weekly feature examining news from the biblical viewpoint
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Beak Careful: Variation May Be Non-Darwinian
May 19, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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Finding the First Americans
May 19, 2012 New York Times
when and how did the first people arrive in the Americas
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Violence Tamed
May 18, 2012 Science, v.336, n.6083, p.803-804
examining patterns of violence in Europe, Muchembled finds that brutality and homicide have declined from the 13th century to the present and considers explanations for that change
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Aerobic Microbial Respiration in 86-Million-Year-Old Deep-Sea Red Clay
May 18, 2012 Science, v.336, n.6083, p.922-925
microbes in Pacific sediments grow very, very slowly
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Religious and Sacred Imperatives in Human Conflict
May 18, 2012 Science, v.336, n.6083, p.855-857
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From War to Peace
May 18, 2012 Science, v.336, n.6083, p.841
the ability to reconcile differences after a spat was once considered a uniquely human trait, but researchers have since observed it in more than 30 primate species--and even among birds
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The Ultimate Sacrifice
May 18, 2012 Science, v.336, n.6083, p.834-837
seeking to impress both gods and humans, early state societies across the globe displayed their power by ritually killing human victims
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Civilization's Double-Edged Sword
May 18, 2012 Science, v.336, n.6083, p.832-833
recent archaeological finds from the Near East to Southeast Asia of ancient massacres raise questions about how violence changed as societies became more complex
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The Battle Over Violence
May 18, 2012 Science, v.336, n.6083, p.829-830
under the long shadow of Rousseau and Hobbes, scientists debate whether civilization spurred or inhibited warfare--and whether we have the data to know
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What SETI Guru Wants to Know
May 18, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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Humongous Volkswagen-sized turtle fossils discovered
May 18, 2012 Christian Science Monitor (Live Science)
in addition to its colossal size, the turtle would have been equipped with massive, powerful jaws, meaning it could've eaten just about anything in its range
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"Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution"
May 18, 2012 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
and CNN's hard-hitting newsman Dr. Drew Pinsky proves it by investigating the burning question: "Why are men obsessed with breasts?"
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Gappy Gods and Scientists
May 18, 2012 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
Russell Garwood, a paleontologist at the University of Manchester, knows his field is plagued with gaps
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News Update/Commentary
'Rare' Genetic Variants Are Surprisingly Common, Life Scientists Report
May 18, 2012 Science Daily
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Mad Scientists, Then and Now
May 18, 2012 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Newspaper Article
Respect Your Elders
May 18, 2012 New York Times
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REVIEW: April 15, 2012
May 18, 2012 Boston Globe
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Messages from the early Universe
May 17, 2012 Nature, v.485, p.290-291
bright and brief, γ-ray bursts hold clues to cosmic history
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Reach out to defend evolution
May 17, 2012 Nature, v.485, p.281
creationists seize on any perceived gaps in our knowledge of evolutionary processes, but scientists can and should fight back
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Earth’s Magnetic Field Less Sustainable than Thought
May 17, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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Humans riddled with rare genetic variants
May 17, 2012 Nature News
blossoming of variation followed explosion in population size
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Slo-mo microbes extend the frontiers of life
May 17, 2012 Nature News
community in the deep seabed uses so little oxygen that it is no longer clear where the lower bound for life lies
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News Update/Commentary
Slow-Motion Microbes Still Living off Dino-era "Lunch Box"
May 17, 2012 National Geographic News
unidentified life-forms "breach the limits of life as we know it"
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What Are the Top Three Flaws in Darwinian Evolution, as Taught Today in Public Schools?
May 17, 2012 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Dr. Ben Carson at Emory University: Watch the Video!
May 16, 2012 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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All 15 State Board of Education seats up for grabs, early voting for primary through May 25
May 16, 2012 Amarillo Globe-News
the Texas State Board of Education is scheduled to review science materials in summer 2013, when a handful of contenders for seats on the panel hope to stir anew efforts to kindle classroom discussion of alternatives to evolution
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Butterfly Mimics Don’t Evolve; They Share
May 16, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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Widen the goal in the search for alien life
May 16, 2012 New Scientist, n.2865, p.29
we need to cast off our biological blinkers in the search for life beyond Earth and turn to physics, says cosmologist Charley Lineweaver
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Biological clock began ticking 2.5 billion years ago
May 16, 2012 New Scientist, n.2865, p.9
an enzyme found in nearly all forms of life runs on a 24-hour clock and dates back to a pivotal moment in evolution
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A biological clock to wind them all
May 16, 2012 Nature News
enzymes that mop up toxic hydrogen peroxide may have formed life's first circadian clock
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If James Shapiro Is Right, Materialist Explanations of Life's Origins Are Even Less Plausible than Previously Thought
May 15, 2012 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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"Creepy," "Ghoulish," "Not the Best Science"
May 15, 2012 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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The Theory of Evolution is the Religion of the Atheist, and was used in the Holocaust
May 15, 2012 Waynesville Daily Guide (Missouri)
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Improbable Ape Speaks Randomly
May 15, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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Interview: Jonathan Haidt on Social Conservatives, New Atheists and Civility in Politics
May 15, 2012 Christian Post
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Thank You for Supporting Ben Carson and Academic Freedom!
May 14, 2012 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Convergence introduces Darwin to Plato
May 14, 2012 Access Research Network (blog)
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Dark Matter as an Escape
May 14, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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Noah’s Ark Claim Not Trustworthy
May 13, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines