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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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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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Book
A History of Violence: From the End of the Middle Ages to the Present
January 1, 2012 Wiley
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Darwin's Ghosts: In Search of the First Evolutionists
May 1, 2012 Bloomsbury
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Sauropod farts warmed the planet
May 7, 2012 New Scientist, n.2864, p.12
Modern cows are a major source of methane, a greenhouse gas. Just think what must have come out of the biggest plant eating dinosaurs…
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Evolution for Men and Women
May 8, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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Beware the creeping cracks of bias
May 9, 2012 Nature, v.485, p.149
Evidence is mounting that research is riddled with systematic errors. Left unchecked, this could erode public trust.
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Best Cave Art Is Still the Oldest
May 9, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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Blonde hair evolved independently in Pacific islands
May 9, 2012 New Scientist, n.2864, p.16
a study of fair-haired Solomon Islanders shows that blonde hair evolved separately at least twice in humans
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We are the improbable ape
May 10, 2012 New Scientist, n.2864, p.3
if evolution is all about "climbing mount improbable", humans have climbed higher than any
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Evolution: Cheating cuts offspring fitness
May 10, 2012 Nature, v.485, p.151
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Evolution: Gene duplication for bigger brains
May 10, 2012 Nature, v.485, p.151
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History: Science sociology began before Kuhn
May 10, 2012 Nature, v.485, p.174
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Primeval Land Rises from the Ashes
May 11, 2012 Science, v.336, n.6082, p.662-663
a "vegetational Pompeii" buried in a coal deposit is shedding light on ecosystem structure and climate during the Permian period
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Venus's Rare Sun Crossing May Aid Search for Exoplanets
May 11, 2012 Science, v.336, n.6082, p.660
early next month, skywatchers will get their second--and final--chance this century to observe a rare mini-eclipse in which Venus crosses in front of the sun
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Lamarckism: Dead but Useful
May 11, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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News to Note
May 12, 2012 Answers in Genesis
a weekly feature examining news from the biblical viewpoint
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Evolutionists Need to Mind Their Matters
May 12, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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Noah’s Ark Claim Not Trustworthy
May 13, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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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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Improbable Ape Speaks Randomly
May 15, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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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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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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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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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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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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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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How to Build a Habitable Planet: The Story of Earth from the Big Bang to Humankind
May 1, 2012 Princeton University Press
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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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Mad Scientists, Then and Now
May 18, 2012 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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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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Animal Sin: What Does It Imply?
May 20, 2012 Creation-Evolution Headlines