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Superluminal Neutrinos: Loose Cable May Unravel Faster-Than-Light Result
March 2, 2012 Science, v.335, n.6072, p.1027
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Jurassic Blood-Sucking Fleas Discovered in China
March 2, 2012 ABC News
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Extinguishing a Permian World
March 1, 2012 Geology, v.40, n.3, p.287-288
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Burgess shale−type biotas were not entirely burrowed away
March 1, 2012 Geology, v.40, n.3, p.283-286
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The origin of intracellular structures in Ediacaran metazoan embryos
March 1, 2012 Geology, v.40, n.3, p.223-226
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The Apostles
March 1, 2012 National Geographic
They were unlikely leaders. As the Bible tells it, most knew more about mending nets than winning converts when Jesus said he would make them "fishers of men." Yet 2000 years later, all over the world, the Apostles are still
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Palaeobotany: In the shade of the oldest forest
March 1, 2012 Nature, v.483, p.41-42
the uncovering of a large soil surface preserved under sediment for 390 million years has exposed plant remains which show that the world's earliest forests were much more complex than previously thought
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Surprisingly complex community discovered in the mid-Devonian fossil forest at Gilboa
March 1, 2012 Nature, v.483, p.78-81
numerous Eospermatopteris root systems in life position
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Continental collision slowing due to viscous mantle lithosphere rather than topography
March 1, 2012 Nature, v.483, p.74-77
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New species spring forth
March 1, 2012 Nature, v.483, p.9
microorganisms in a Siberian hot spring have been caught in the act of diverging to form two species
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Ancient forest preserved in ash
March 1, 2012 Nature, v.483, p.9
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Invasive mosquito adapts fast
March 1, 2012 Nature, v.483, p.8-9
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Book
Acts & Facts, v.41, n.3 (pdf)
March 1, 2012 Institute for Creation Research
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Book
Lone Survivors: How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth
March 1, 2012 Times Books
see also Amazon
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Free Will
March 1, 2012 Free Press
see also Amazon
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Among the Creationists: Dispatches from the Anti-Evolutionist Front Line
March 1, 2012 Oxford University Press
see also Amazon
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Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins
March 1, 2012 Macmillan
see also Amazon
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Superfreak of Evolution: The Lizard With a Humanlike Placenta
March 1, 2012 Discover Magazine
it's normal for us but very rare for a reptile
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Why We Fight: The Psychology of Political Differences
March 1, 2012 National Public Radio
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Book
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
March 1, 2012 Pantheon (Random House)
see also Amazon
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Dinosaurs of the Lost Continent
February 29, 2012 Scientific American
the American West once harbored multiple communities of dinosaurs simultaneously -- a revelation that has scientists scrambling to understand how the land could have supported so many behemoths
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100,000 AD: Living in the deep future
February 29, 2012 New Scientist, n.2854, p.34
Our species may endure for at least 100,000 years. So what's in store? New Scientist tours the coming epoch, from new language to archaeological remains.
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What righteousness really means
February 29, 2012 New Scientist, n.2854, p.30-31
exploring the tribal world of US politics, moral psychologist Jonathan Haidt found that self-righteousness is an essential part of being human
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Giant fleas plagued feathered dinosaurs
February 29, 2012 New Scientist, n.2854, p.18
The oldest and largest flea ever discovered has turned up in Jurassic rocks in China. Warm-blooded animals have been itching to get rid of the pests ever since.
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Neanderthals were ancient mariners
February 29, 2012 New Scientist, n.2854, p.10
growing evidence suggests our extinct cousins criss-crossed the Mediterranean in boats 100,000 years ago -- or were they just good swimmers
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Video
Dialogue with Richard Dawkins, Rowan Williams and Anthony Kenny
February 28, 2012 YouTube
Sir Anthony Kenny chaired a dialogue at Oxford University between Archbishop Rowan Williams and Professor Richard Dawkins on the subject of “The nature of human beings and the question of their ultimate origin".
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Ötzi the ice mummy's secrets found in DNA
February 28, 2012 New Scientist, n.2854, p.10
the ice mummy Ötzi may have met his death over 5000 years ago, but we now know the colour of his eyes and who his closest relatives are
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Deep future: Why we'll still be here
February 28, 2012 p.36
asteroid strikes and supervolcano eruptions may threaten us in the next 100,000 years, but the odds are good that humanity will avoid extinction
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Deep future: Will there be any nature left?
February 28, 2012 p.43-44
We are causing a mass extinction event. What species do we stand to lose in the coming millennia, and what new creatures will emerge?
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Timing glitches dog neutrino claim
February 27, 2012 Nature, v.483, p.17
team admits to possible errors in faster-than-light finding
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News to Note
February 25, 2012 Answers in Genesis
a weekly feature examining news from the biblical viewpoint
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LETTER: Science priests can be wrong in creation debate
February 25, 2012 Birmingham News (Alabama)
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Critics: 'Academic freedom' bill backs creationism
February 24, 2012 New England Cable News (Associated Press)
sponsor of a so-called "academic freedom" bill in the Oklahoma Legislature said he is "baffled" by critics who say it's an effort to teach creationism and intelligent design in public schools
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Evolution: Some Like It Hot
February 24, 2012 Science, v.335, n.6071, p.924-925
a study of horse evolution illustrates the connection between environmental temperature and mammal body size
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Evolution of the Earliest Horses Driven by Climate Change in the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
February 24, 2012 Science, v.335, n.6071, p.959-962
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Uniting Church and Science for Conservation
February 24, 2012 Science, v.335, p.915-917
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Blog Post
Intelligent design has reasonable constraints
February 23, 2012 Apologia
God-of-the-gaps objection (Part 3 of 4)
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Santorum Supported Federal Role in Evolution Debate, Compared Belief in Darwinism to Nazism
February 23, 2012 Breitbart
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Plant blooms after 30,000 years in permafrost
February 22, 2012 New Scientist, n.2853, p.14
a plant that last flowered when woolly mammoths roamed the plains is back in bloom -- and has become the oldest plant to be resurrected
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Strange skies: Invisible beings that live far above
February 22, 2012 New Scientist, n.2853, p.40
Few creatures soar as high as the invisible denizens of Earth's skies. It is even possible that life on Earth began up there in the stratosphere.
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Light's speed limit is safe for now
February 22, 2012 New Scientist, n.2853, p.30-31
nearly six months on from the faster-than-light neutrino sensation we are still no nearer to understanding what is going on
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Underground oasis found below Earth's driest desert
February 22, 2012 New Scientist, n.2853, p.4
a thriving community of microbes flourishes 2 metres below the surface of Chile's parched Atacama desert -- the news bodes well for the chances of Mars life
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Computer modelling: Brain in a box
February 22, 2012 Nature, v.482, p.456-458
Henry Markram wants €1 billion to model the entire human brain. Sceptics don't think he should get it.
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Wild flower blooms again after 30,000 years on ice
February 21, 2012 Nature, v.482, p.454
fruits hoarded by ancient ground squirrels give new life to prehistoric plants
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Fossil of ancient horse found in China
February 21, 2012 United Press International
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Waiting for evolution in Pakistan’s classrooms
February 20, 2012 Tribune (Pakistan)
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Is This Plant Really 30,000 Years Old?
February 20, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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When 14 Billion Years Just Isn't Enough Time
February 20, 2012 Scientific American
Some say its glory days are long gone, but the universe has life in it yet. Brand-new types of celestial phenomena will unfold over the coming billions and trillions of years.
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Director discusses cancer evolution at prestigious conference
February 19, 2012 EurekAlert!
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Oceans set stage for human evolution
February 18, 2012 Science News
temperature changes off the coast dried out East Africa 2 million years ago