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Category: History and Philosophy (often of Science)
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John M. Lynch is an Honors Faculty Fellow at Barrett the Honors College at Arizona State University. He's also affiliated with ASU's Center for Biology & Society. When he's not an historian of anti-evolutionism, he's an evolutionary morphologist. Much to his surprise, in 2007 he was named the Arizona Professor of the Year. No doubt his students were surprised as well.
May 31, 2007
Category: History and Philosophy (often of Science)
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May 30, 2007
Category: The Life Academic
Nature recently ran a story about, what it termed, the "Arizona experiment," changes that have been occurring here at Arizona State University. The article briefly quoted Robert Pettit, the former director of the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) which was closed...
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Category: Humor
You’re either going to get this or not: HAI CAN HAS STDIO? I HAS A VAR GIMMEH VAR IZ VAR BIGGER THAN 10 O RLY? YA RLY BTW this is true VISIBLE "BIG NUMBER!" NO WAI BTW this is false...
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Category: Politics
According to the Global Peace Index created by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Norway is the most peaceful nation in the world and Iraq is the least. Among the 121 countries ranked, the United States came in 96th. Ireland was...
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Category: Bits and Pieces
For you whippersnappers who grew up on what counts for rock these days, here's what real rock n' roll sounds like - Neil Young doing "Rockin in the Free World" in 2004. Bonus points: Bruce Springsteen lends a hand. Play...
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Category: Biology
Golden eagles have bred in Ireland for the first time in nearly 100 years. The species became extinct on the island in 1912, and adults were re-introduced in 2001, giving a population of 46 adults. This year was the...
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Category: History and Philosophy (often of Science)
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May 29, 2007
Category: History and Philosophy (often of Science)
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May 28, 2007
Category: History and Philosophy (often of Science)
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May 27, 2007
Category: Bits and Pieces
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