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The hunt for alien Earths begins in earnest
February 4, 2009 New Scientist, n.2694, p.8-9
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Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design
February 4, 2009 Discovery Institute (Seattle, WA)
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International Conference on Science in Society
February 4, 2009 Cambridge University (UK)
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(Review of) 'The origin of species'
June 1, 1867 The North British Review, v.46, p.277-318
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Newsletter, No. 35
December 1, 2008 Faraday Institute for Science and Religion
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The 15 Coolest Cases of Biomimicry
December 1, 2008
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Acts & Facts, v.38, n.2 (pdf)
February 1, 2009 Institute for Creation Research
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My Pilgrimage to Lucy's Holy Relics Fails to Inspire Faith in Darwinism
February 1, 2009 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Half of Britons do not believe in evolution, survey finds
February 1, 2009 Guardian (UK)
more than one-fifth prefer creationism or intelligent design, while many others are confused about Darwin's theory
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Rescuing Darwinism
February 2, 2009 Guardian (UK)
the public has been turned off evolutionary theory by its false association with reductionism, nihilism, atheism, and amorality
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Fossil of pregnant whale found
February 3, 2009 Nature News
position of fetus suggests that early whales gave birth on land
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Creationism and Intelligent Design Should Be Kept Out of the Classroom
February 3, 2009 U. S. News & World Report
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Ben Stein cancels Vermont speech in evolution row
February 4, 2009 Associated Press
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A Comeback for Lamarckian Evolution?
February 4, 2009 Technology Review (MIT)
two new studies show that the effects of a mother's early environment can be passed on to the next generation
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Can we please forget about Charles Darwin?
February 4, 2009 Telegraph (UK)
as we celebrate Charles Darwin's anniversary, a leading geneticist argues that our understanding of evolution would be much improved if we removed Darwin's life -- and pointless references to religion -- from the equation
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News Update/Commentary
Ancient sponges leave their mark
February 4, 2009 BBC News
traces of animal life have been found in rocks dating back 635 million years
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What's the point of being warm-blooded?
February 4, 2009 New Scientist, n.2694, p.42-45
the evolution of warm-bloodedness, or endothermy, is one of life's great mysteries
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Reproductive Social Behavior: Old and New Evolutionary Theories (public lecture)
February 11, 2009 University of Hong Kong
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Darwin, Science and Religion -- How History Can Help (public lecture)
February 13, 2009 University of Hong Kong
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Evolution — journal of The Society for the Study of Evolution
February 13, 2009
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Evolutionary Writings
November 1, 2008 Oxford University Press
see also Amazon
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Angels and Ages: A Short Book about Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life
January 1, 2009 Knopf (Random House)
see also Amazon
- FIRST CHAPTE
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Banquet at Delmonico's: Great Minds, the Gilded Age, and the Triumph of Evolution in America
January 1, 2009 Random House
see also Amazon
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Darwin's Lost World: The Hidden History of Animal Life
February 1, 2009 Oxford University Press
see also Amazon
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Hybrid embryos fail to live up to stem-cell hopes
February 3, 2009 Nature News
strategy for creating pluripotent cells called into question
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Early Whales Gave Birth on Land
February 3, 2009 National Science Foundation
fossil discovery in Pakistan uncovers skeleton of extinct pregnant female whale
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The credit crunch could be a boon for irrational belief
February 4, 2009 New Scientist, n.2694, p.5
one thing that science can tell us about hard times is that religion will prosper
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Asteroid bound for Earth! Warn your grandchildren
February 4, 2009 New Scientist, n.2694, p.12
an asteroid that had initially been thought harmless might just hit Earth 160 years from now
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Unnatural selection: Robots start to evolve
February 4, 2009 New Scientist, n.2694, p.20-21
a robot with a brain that grows as its body develops could lead to more versatile humanoid robots and prosthetics
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"World's largest telescope under construction"
February 4, 2009 Nature, v.457, p.648
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"Neanderthal genome to be unveiled"
February 4, 2009 Nature, v.457, p.645
draft sequence opens window on human relatives
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"Giant boid snake from the Palaeocene neotropics reveals hotter past equatorial temperatures"
February 5, 2009 Nature, v.457, p.715-717
- EDITOR'S SUMMARY: It's a long story
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"Fossil steroids record the appearance of Demospongiae during the Cryogenian period"
February 5, 2009 Nature, v.457, p.718-721
- EDITOR'S SUMMARY: The earliest metazoans
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Pygmies share a recent common ancestor
February 5, 2009 Nature News
the rise of farming may have caused formation of diverse groups
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Space telescope to boost hunt for alien Earths
February 5, 2009 New Scientist, n.2694, p.8-9
the imminent launch of the new Kepler space telescope means we will be able to see Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone" of their stars for the first time
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US museum where dinosaurs roam Eden defies Darwin
February 5, 2009 AFP (Agence France-Presse)
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News Update/Commentary
New Class of Non-protein Coding Genes in Mammals with Key Functions Uncovered
February 5, 2009 Science Daily
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"Is Genetic Evolution Predictable?"
February 6, 2009 Science, v.323, n.5915, p.746-751
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EVOLUTION: "Time's Stamp on Modern Biogeography"
February 6, 2009 Science, v.323, n.5915, p.720-721
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EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY: "Agreeing to Disagree"
February 6, 2009 Science, v.323, n.5915, p.706-708
two friends debate the relative importance of kinship in the evolution of complex social systems in insects
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"Evidence for Ecological Speciation and Its Alternative"
February 6, 2009 Science, v.323, n.5915, p.737-741
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"Happy Birthday, Mr. Darwin"
February 6, 2009 Science, v.323, n.5915, p.727
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Key Insights into How New Species Emerge
February 6, 2009 Science Daily
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Why the Catholic church can't ignore science
February 6, 2009 New Scientist, n.2694, p.25
the Vatican's latest report on bioethics demonstrates once more that a morality rooted in outdated, pre-scientific understanding is not appropriate to modern realities
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Geography Is Destiny
December 1, 2008 Atlantic
an epochal new book argues that the events of history we think consequential and monumental are, mostly, trivia
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Charles Darwin (1809-1882): A Fulcrum Appreciation
December 1, 2008 Fulcrum (Anglican in the UK)
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The Evolution of Evolutionary Theory
December 1, 2008 Philosophy Now
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Charles Darwin and Evolution
February 5, 2009 Forbes
two hundred years of origins, struggles and survival
- Alfred Russel Wallace / Michael A. Flannery
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'Nonsense' in Our Genes: One in 200 Human Genes Superfluous?
February 5, 2009 Science Daily
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Fossil Reveals the Origins of Claws
February 6, 2009 softpedia
the find is a proverbial “missing link”