Evolution, Life Sciences, Science Education, Human Evolution, and Stuff
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February 29, 2008
According to a poll this week, approximately 31 percent of surveyed Americans believe Roger Clemens is telling the truth about never taking performance-enhancing drugs. This is about the same percentage of Americans who believe in creationism, and still insist George Bush is doing a good...
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That is the title of the First Place science fair project from a baptist science fair. The description of the project: Cassidy Turnbull (grade five) presented her uncle, Steve. She also showed photographs of monkeys and invited fairgoers to note the differences between her uncle...
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Category: Carnivals
Carnival of Education # 160 Friday Ark # 180 Carnival of the Liberals #59...
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From whence the humble chicken? Gallus gallus is a domesticated chicken-like bird (thus, the name "chicken") that originates in southeast Asia. Ever since Darwin we've known that the chicken originated in southeast Asia, although the exact details of which one or more of several possible...
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are here: HIV infection at Wissen schafft Kommunikatioin Other cellular stuff (an oldie but a goodie) at WeiterGen!...
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Category: Health
At this moment, there is a guy laid up in the hospital in Vegas with ricin poisoning. A stash of ricin has been found in his hotel room/apartment. His dog is dead (not sure why but probably due to lack of water and food) and...
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Category: Cosmos
Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong give an astonishing sneak preview of Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope -- a technology that combines feeds from satellites and telescopes all over the world and the heavens, and weaves them together holistically to build a comprehensive view...
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It turns out that there are TWO (not just the previously reported Barney Maddox) distinct threats to the delicate pro- vs. anti-science balance on the Texas School Board. I had earlier alerted you to trouble brewing in Texas, with Full Blown Creationist Nuthead Barney Maddox...
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Category: Technology
Microsoft Execs Struggled with Vista Emails show Microsoft's Vista problems from PhysOrg.com E-mails suggest Microsoft executives struggled to make Windows Vista work on their own computers after it was released, a published report said. [...]...
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Category: Archaeology
... it was time to skip town. I'm going to Mayaland in a few weeks. I know nothing about Mayan archaeology, even though I attended graduate school at one of the world's premier locals for the study of Mesoamerican archaeology. Since I was working towards...
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