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"Extrasolar planets"
January 3, 2008 Nature, v.451, p.29-31
Hundreds of planets are known to orbit stars other than the Sun, and unprecedented observations of their atmospheres and structures are being made. It's an invaluable opening for understanding the planets' diverse natures, the formation of our Solar Syste
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Creationism dismissed by scientists
January 3, 2008 Orange County Register (California)
experts react to UC Irvine professor's effort to take creationism out of the science classroom
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Photo in the News: Fooled Ants "Adopt" Rare Butterflies
January 3, 2008 National Geographic News
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"Intermittent Plate Tectonics?"
January 4, 2008 Science, v.319, n.5859, p.85-88
subduction may have stopped at times in Earths past as supercontinents formed, thus slowing the planets heat loss
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Darwin survives another debate
January 4, 2008 St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
foes of new science education standards try a new strategy
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Evolution Book Sees No Science-Religion Gap
January 4, 2008 New York Times
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Scientists, show your good side
January 5, 2008 New Scientist, n.2637
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Evolution: Rationality vs. Randomness
January 5, 2008 Gerald Schroeder
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Does Irreducible Complexity Imply Intelligent Design?
November 1, 2005 Skeptical Inquirer
irreducible complexity can even more reasonably be construed as an argument against Intelligent Design
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Why Scientists Shouldn't Be Surprised by the Popularity of Intelligent Design: Perspectives from Psychology
May 1, 2006 Skeptical Inquirer
The main obstacle standing in the way of the public's acceptance of evolutionary theory is not a dearth of common sense. Instead, it is the public's erroneous belief that common sense is a reliable guide to evaluating the natural world.
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An Examination of the Views of Religious Organizations Regarding Global Warming
June 7, 2007 full committee hearing
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Book
Science, Evolution, and Creationism
June 7, 2007 National Academies Press
see also Amazon
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Are Beliefs Science Stoppers?
January 4, 2008 The Mountain Enterprise (California)
Master's College and Seminary in Santa Clarita is dedicated to teaching creationism
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Academia: Teach Evolution, Not Creation
January 4, 2008 CBN News (Christian Broadcasting Network)
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The Creation-Evolution Battle Resumes
January 4, 2008 Answers in Genesis
leading evolutionists have published a new book in an effort to keep creationist ideas out of the public school classroom
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News Update/Commentary
New Route for Heredity Bypasses DNA
January 4, 2008 Science Daily
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News Update/Commentary
Insects' 'Giant Leap' Reconstructed by Founder of Sociobiology
January 4, 2008 Science Daily
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LETTER: Teach Evolution and Intelligent Design
January 5, 2008 Hernando Today (Florida)
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'Thank God for Evolution!'
January 6, 2008 Express-Times (New Jersey)
author provides missing link in emotional debate over Darwin versus Intelligent Design
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Book
Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature
August 1, 2007 Random House
see also Amazon
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Kitzmiller v. Homo Boobiens
April 1, 2007 Skeptical Inquirer
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Two constants to rule us all
December 20, 2007 Nature News
physicists whittle down the number of truly fundamental constants
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Wise words from the Vatican
December 20, 2007 Nature News
popes are not noted for enlightened views on science and technology, but the latest papal statements are encouraging
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We're all going to die
December 21, 2007 Nature News
Can humanity be saved from catastrophe, and is the cost worth it?
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2 explosive evolutionary events shaped early history of multicellular life
January 3, 2008 EurekAlert!
the Ediacara fossil Fractofusus misrai from the ~565 million year old Mistaken Point Formation in Newfoundland, Canada, represents the earliest Ediacara assemblage, known as the Avalon assemblage
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Creationist Says Lab Fired Him for His Beliefs
January 6, 2008 All Things Considered (National Public Radio)
a scientist is suing the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, saying he was fired from his job at the prestigious lab because he does not believe in the theory of evolution
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Save class for science
January 6, 2008 Daily Pilot (Newport Beach and Costa Mesa, CA)
document headed by UCI evolutionary biologist states religion and science can coexist, just not in scientific discussions
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Blind cave fish see the light
January 7, 2008 Nature News
two blind fish can make sighted offspring
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Sheriff's spokesman joins evolution debate
January 7, 2008 News-Journal Online (Daytona Beach)
Haught blogs for improving science education
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News Update/Commentary
Plate Tectonics May Grind to a Halt, Then Start Again
January 7, 2008 Science Daily
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Evolutionary Politics
January 8, 2008 Reason Magazine
why we should care what candidates think about biological evolution
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The Avalon Explosion of Ediacaran morphospace
January 8, 2008 Access Research Network
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Unraveling Worldviews
January 8, 2008 Answers in Genesis
review of Unraveling the Origins Controversy by David A. DeWitt
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Minnesota Atheists radio program to debut on Air America Radio in January
January 8, 2008 Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
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Old bones of contention
December 29, 2007 Los Angeles Times, p.A14
protecting fossils from Las Vegas development may be a mammoth job, but activists are trying to take a stand
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Science: The Gap Filler
December 29, 2007 a grad student's attempt to expose creationist nonsense
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Book
Answers Research Journal
December 29, 2007 a professional, peer-reviewed technical journal for the publication of interdisciplinary scientific and other relevant research from the perspective of the recent Creation and the global Flood within a biblical framework
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Confessions of a Cultural Christian
January 8, 2008 to the source
Atheist fundamentalist Richard Dawkins has a confession to make. He is a "cultural Christian". ... How do we make sense of this "atheist for Jesus"?
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Pro-Evolution Book Says Science and God Compatible
January 9, 2008 Christian Post
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Creation institute's degree plan questioned
January 10, 2008 American-Statesman (Austin, TX)
state regulators ask scientists to weigh in
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News Update/Commentary
Evolution of the Sexes: What a Fungus Can Tell Us
January 10, 2008 Science Daily
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Kids paying for holy war over evolution
January 10, 2008 Miami Herald
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How and Why Species Multiply: The Radiation of Darwin's Finches
January 10, 2008 Times Higher Education
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Spreading the word about evolution
January 10, 2008 Access Research Network
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Dino skin shows no trace of protofeathers
January 11, 2008 Access Research Network
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Let the blind see
January 11, 2008 Creation Ministries International
breeding blind fish with blind fish restores sight
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Intelligent Government Design?
January 11, 2008 California Republic
a new report that intelligent design (which asks whether there are some aspects of life not explained by evolution, which might best be explained by the existence of an intelligent designer) is faith and not science, and therefore should not be taught
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The group delusion
January 12, 2008 New Scientist, n.2638, p.17
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Altruism is no family matter
January 12, 2008 New Scientist, n.2638
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Time for revolution in evolution?
January 12, 2008 New Scientist, n.2638