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• An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova

  May 21, 2008 A. M. Soderberg, et al. Nature, v.453, p.469-474

  EDITOR'S SUMMARY: Birth of a supernova: X-rays mark the spot

• "Pseudogene-derived small interfering RNAs regulate gene expression in mouse oocytes"

  May 21, 2008 Oliver H. Tam, et al. Nature, v.453, p.534-538

• EDITOR'S SUMMARY: Pseudogenes: Not without influence — 'pseudogenes' are generally thought to be rather uninteresting, dead-end

• Teachers still preaching creationism in US classrooms

  May 21, 2008 New Scientist, n.2657, p.4

• Star self-destructs before astronomers' eyes

  May 21, 2008 Hazel Muir New Scientist, n.2657, p.12

• So you think humans are unique?

  May 21, 2008 Christine Kenneally New Scientist, n.2657

  Over the past decade, hard scientific fact has steadily chipped away at our supposedly unique qualities. Now, even language is no longer something we can call our own.

• Evolution and Faith: Finding Middle Ground

  May 21, 2008 Mark Butler BYU NewsNet (Brigham Young University)

• Rodent of unusual size ‘not quite so unusual’

  May 21, 2008 Daniel Cressey Nature blog

• Stellar blast watched in real time

  May 21, 2008 Geoff Brumfiel Nature News

  telescope spots supernova explosion as it unfolds

• Fight for the Life of the Mind

  May 21, 2008 Michael Shermer New York Sun

• A warning for teachers who teach evolution critically

  May 20, 2008 David Tyler Access Research Network

• MPs back creation of human-animal embryos

  May 20, 2008 Mark Henderson and Francis Elliott Times Online (UK)

• British parliament backs hybrid embryos

  May 20, 2008 Nature News

• Tasmanian tiger gene lives again

  May 20, 2008 Katharine Sanderson Nature News

  functioning gene of extinct animal gives hope for studying long-lost species

• Creationism's evolution, caught on tape

  May 20, 2008 National Center for Science Education a nonprofit's archives track the rise and fall of attacks on evolution

• Did Humans Colonize the World by Boat?

  May 20, 2008 Heather Pringle Discover

  research suggests our ancestors traveled the oceans 70,000 years ago

• Teaching Evolution: Legal victories aren't enough

  May 20, 2008 Penn State Live

• Eukaryotes and the Tree of Life

  May 19, 2008 David Tyler Access Research Network

• Five things humans no longer need

  May 19, 2008 Laura Spinney New Scientist

  vestigial organs are parts of the body that once had a function but are now more-or-less useless

• Teaching evolution: Legal victories aren't enough

  May 19, 2008 EurekAlert!

• 16% of US science teachers are creationists

  May 19, 2008 Bob Holmes New Scientist

• The dark side of discovery

  May 18, 2008 Sara Lippincott Los Angeles Times

• Home-schoolers learn to argue against evolution

  May 16, 2008 Melissa Nann Burke York Daily Record (Pennsylvania)

  state convention in Harrisburg includes lecture on creation

• SCIENCE AND RELIGION: "Rethinking History for a New Islamic Science"

  May 16, 2008 Jane H. Murphy Science, v.320, n.5878, p.876

  the author combines a historical survey of scientific achievements in the Islamic tradition with a call for a new science

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  'Mitochondrial Eve' Research: Humanity Was Genetically Divided For 100,000 Years

  May 16, 2008 Tel Aviv University Science Daily

• News Update/Commentary

  Simple Artificial Cell Created from Scratch to Study Cell Complexity

  May 16, 2008 Penn State Science Daily

• News Update/Commentary

  Scientists, Theologians Debate Whether God Exists

  May 16, 2008 Robin Lloyd Fox News

• News Update/Commentary

  Parrot Fossil 55 Million Years Old Discovered in Scandinavia

  May 16, 2008 Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology Science Daily

• News Update/Commentary

  Mice Can Do Without Humans' Most Treasured Genes

  May 15, 2008 University of Michigan Science Daily

• Pope's astronomer insists alien life 'would be part of God's creation'

  May 15, 2008 Peter Popham The Independent (UK)

• DNA tests open a Pandora's Box of flies

  May 15, 2008 Mason Inman New Scientist

• News Update/Commentary

  What's the Difference Between a Human and a Fruit Fly?

  May 15, 2008 Imperial College London Science Daily

• Written in the skies: why quantum mechanics might be wrong

  May 15, 2008 Zeeya Merali Nature News

  observations of the cosmic microwave background might deal blow to theory

• "The evolution of music"

  May 15, 2008 Josh McDermott Nature, v.453, p.287-288

  the origins of the human urge to make and hear music

• News Update/Commentary

  Rapid, Dramatic 'Reverse Evolution' Documented in Tiny Fish Species

  May 15, 2008 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Science Daily

• Heavens above! God could have created life on other planets, says Vatican

  May 15, 2008 Daily Mail (UK)

• Milky Way's youngest supernova found

  May 15, 2008 Rachel Courtland Nature News

  remnants of 140-year-old stellar explosion are located close to our galaxy's centre

• Are there nuclear reactors at Earth's core?

  May 15, 2008 Philip Ball Nature News

  fission reactors may have been burning for billions of years

• Victorian supernova helps fill missing link

  May 14, 2008 Hazel Muir New Scientist, n.2656, p.14

• Creationists unveil 'God Lab'

  May 14, 2008 New Scientist, n.2656, p.7 set up to search for scientific evidence for intelligent design

• Black holes may lurk in unexpected places

  May 14, 2008 Marcus Chown New Scientist, n.2656

  Where in the cosmos might black holes be hiding?

• How culture made your modern mind

  May 14, 2008 Andy Coghlan New Scientist, n.2656

• Vestigial organs: Remnants of evolution

  May 14, 2008 Laura Spinney New Scientist, n.2656

  history has revised them, creationists deny them, but vestigial organs are still an unmistakable part of our evolutionary heritage

• Caught in the Act!

  May 14, 2008 Answers in Genesis

  we’ve nabbed the first evolutionist trying to scam the Answers Research Journal

• Ice cores reveal climate secrets

  May 14, 2008 Geoff Brumfiel Nature News

  the amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is higher than an any other point in the past 800,000 years

• Vestigial organs: Remnants of evolution

  May 14, 2008 Laura Spinney n.2656

• The struggle between evolution and creation: an American problem

  May 13, 2008 Michael Ruse On Line Opinion (Australia)

• Belief in God 'childish,' Jews not chosen people: Einstein letter

  May 13, 2008 breitbart.com

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  Ancient Protein Offers Clues to Killer Condition

  May 13, 2008 University of Leeds Science Daily

  a motor protein, myosin 2, is structurally identical in both turkeys and scallops

• Vatican says aliens could exist

  May 13, 2008 David Willey BBC News — the Pope's chief astronomer says that life on Mars cannot be ruled out

• Childish Superstition: Einstein's letter makes view of religion relatively clear

  May 13, 2008 The Guardian (UK)

  1954 letter to Eric Gutkind: "the word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses"