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Karl Giberson, Ph.D: Evolution's Refusal To Die

2013-05-20T17:51:31Z

The most interesting strategy employed by anti-evolutionists over the last century and a half has been to report that "Darwinism is Dead" or "Evolution has Collapsed." The exercise is all but meaningless in terms of scientific discussion.

Read more: Discovery Institute, Creationism, Intelligent Design, Anti-Evolution, Darwinism, Evolution, Darwin on Trial, Religion and Science, Scientific Research, Religion News

Carcasses Help Pinpoint Humans' Earliest Use Of Spears

2013-05-19T07:35:14Z

By Heather Pringle
Archaeologists have long debated when early humans began hurling stone-tipped spears and darts at large prey. By throwing a spear...

Read more: Humans Spears, Video, Stone Age, Anthropology, Prehistory, Evolution, Spears Humans, Early Humans, Human Origins, Archaeology, Human Ancestors, Science News

School That Gave Creationist 'Science' Quiz May Shut Down Next Year

2013-05-17T18:16:12Z

After a creationist quiz from a South Carolina school was posted to Reddit in late April, the school received not only an onslaught of criticism, but ...

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Rob Brooks: The Evolution of Lying

2013-05-16T15:54:44Z

Rather than simply cheating -- trying to gain from another's cooperative behaviour without behaving cooperatively yourself -- lying adds another way of operating. By misleading the other individual, one can trick that individual into cooperating.

Read more: Ricky Gervais, Prisoners-Dilemma, Lying, Cooperation, Biology, Sam Harris, Dishonesty, Evolution, Cheating, Science News

WHOOPS: 5 Biggest Science Blunders

2013-05-16T12:49:48Z

By: Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience Senior Writer
Published: 05/16/2013 09:58 AM EDT on LiveScience
Even geniuses make mistakes, and sometimes those ...

Read more: Junk Science, Video, Scientific Mistakes, Science Mistakes, Charles Darwin, Science Blunders, Atrophysics, Scientists, Albert Einstein, Mario Livio, Science News

Larry Bock: In Praise of Unsung Heroes in Science

2013-05-16T11:36:04Z

While the average American young person will likely have no trouble detailing the latest antics of such stars as Ashton Kutcher, Lindsay Lohan, or Kanye & Kim, most, sadly, would be hard-pressed to tell you who the following trailblazers in science were.

Read more: Role Models, Scientist, Science, Festival, STEM Education, Engineers, Engineering, Heroes in Science, Science Education, Impact News

Fossil Found In Fifties Yields Surprising New Theory About Strange Creature

2013-05-16T08:43:04Z

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer
Published: 05/15/2013 03:47 PM EDT on LiveScience
A fossil that once lined a mule track in Iraq ha...

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Record-Setting Fossils Reveal When Apes, Monkeys Diverged

2013-05-16T07:49:55Z

By: Tanya Lewis, LiveScience Staff Writer
Published: 05/15/2013 01:06 PM EDT on LiveScience
The oldest ape and Old World monkey fossils have been ...

Read more: Rukwapithecus, Video, Oldest Ape, Primates, Oldest Monkey, Paleontology, Prehistory, Evolution, Oldest New World Monkey, Human Ancestors, Nsungwepithecus, Science News

Was Darwin Wrong About Reefs?

2013-05-14T12:30:45Z

By: Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer
Published: 05/14/2013 10:06 AM EDT on LiveScience
Charles Darwin sparked more than one controversy ...

Read more: Video, Biology, Coral Reef Evolution, Charles Darwin, Moorea, Earth, Evolution, Oceans, Coral Atolls, Animals, Coral Reefs, Science News

Tiny Fossils May Yield Big Insights Into Human Origins

2013-05-14T11:15:14Z

By Michael Balter
Researchers debate when language first evolved, but one thing is sure: Language requires us not only to talk but also to listen. A...

Read more: Ear Bone Fossils, Video, Australopithecus, Human Evolution, Paranthropus Robustus, Anthropology, Evolution, Hominid, Ossicles, Human Origins, Early Humans, Ear Bones, Fossils, Science News

Robert A. Brown: Keeping America's Research Engine Running Requires Strong Federal Investment

2013-05-08T11:40:09Z

When it comes to putting our economy on a path toward expansion and growth, and ensuring America's global competitiveness, one of the smartest things we can do is continue to invest in the research that makes discovery and innovation possible.

Read more: Opportunity-Working, Scientific Research, Scientific Innovation, Research, Science, Innovation, Science in Schools, Science Education, College News

Bill Nye: Government Key To STEM Education's Success

2013-05-07T15:35:46Z

Public and private organizations are working to find new ways to get American students interested in science, but Bill Nye says the federal government...

Read more: HuffPost Live, White House Science Fair, Bill Nye, Live Video, Science, STEM Education, Obama STEM, Science Education, Science News

Donna Labermeier: 3 Moments When The 'Big Picture' Matters Most

2013-05-04T10:10:08Z

When you are able to see the big picture and realize what is actually going on, you will quietly and calmly become the master of your own life. Your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors will carefully calibrate themselves with clarity, peace, understanding, and truth in order to define a happy life.

Read more: Evolution, The Big Picture, The Balanced Life, Perception, Mother Teresa, Shift Perspective, Personal Conflict, Mindful Awareness, Conflict, Wisdom, Emotional Maturity, Personal Development, Inner Wisdom, Inner Calm, Healthy Living News

Alan Alda Calls On Scientists To Cut It Out

2013-05-03T09:15:01Z

STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- Among the procedures Army surgeon Hawkeye Pierce performed on "M.A.S.H." was an end-to-end anastomosis.

Most of the viewers, act...

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David Katz, M.D.: Do Doctors Really Discriminate Against The Overweight?

2013-05-03T08:20:51Z

Obesity bias needs to be fixed. We are most likely to fix it when standing on a solid bedrock of understanding it at its origins. We can then replace the crude and obsolete survival-related imperatives bestowed to us in our genes, with the better angels of our nature.

Read more: Healthy Living Health News, Evolutionary Biology, Obesity, Prejudice, Survival, Tara Parker-Pope, Health, Bias, Dr. David Katz, Food, Obesity Bias, New York Times, Doctors, Weight Loss, Evolution, Richard Dawkins, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity America, Healthy Living News

Science Loses In Louisiana, Again

2013-05-02T11:50:07Z

The Louisiana state Senate Education Committee rejected a move to repeal the state's Science Education Act on Wednesday, handing a defeat to opponents...

Read more: Louisiana Science Education Act, Louisiana Science Education, Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Creationism, Louisiana Science Education Act Creationism, Creationism Louisiana, Science, Science Education, Video, Creationism, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act Repeal, Bobby Jindal Creationism, Politics News

Peter Buffett: Change Our Story: May Day -- A Few Definitions

2013-05-01T17:00:06Z

Instead of celebrating our connection and relationship to the changing seasons and cycles of nature -- as in the original May Day -- we have turned it into a spring holiday.

Read more: Time, May Day, Emergency, Paganism, May, Change, Impact, Celebration, Christianity, Evolution, Impact News

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.: A Time for Re-Calibration

2013-05-01T14:08:08Z

In times of need, new solutions come into existence. We need to prepare for the structural changes that will accommodate these new developments. Instead of lingering in the stagnant swamps of static thought, we should be acquiring an evolutionary perspective.

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Harlan Green: The Hunger Games Are Coming

2013-05-01T13:23:43Z

Since the 1970s, Republican economic policies have prevailed that diverted most of the fruits of prosperity to the wealthiest, so that the rest of U.S. have less to spend -- even though consumer spending drives 70 percent of economic activity.

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Dan_Weiss: Runaway Selection and the Cellophane Rabbi

2013-05-01T10:46:39Z

Unwittingly, some components of Ronald Fisher's theory of runaway selection can aptly describe the emergence of exaggerated religious traits as well. Take for example the recent photo of an orthodox Jewish man ensconced in a full-size plastic bag during a flight to Tel Aviv.

Read more: Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Evolution, Religion and Science, Jewish Culture, Orthodox Jew Plastic Bag, Runaway Selection, Science News

Ben Thomas: Web Portals and Mouse Mazes: How Your Brain Sorts the World

2013-04-29T13:38:15Z

Why are we so good at forming categories? The short answer is, complex categories help us make long-term, large scale predictions about the world.

Read more: Intelligence, Neuroscience, Neurons, Brain, Biology, Neuropsychology, Neural-Networks, Science, Evolution, Brain Science, Psychology, Evolutionary Biology, Learning, Mind, Neural Networks, Science News

Beth Green: 21st Century Spirituality: I Am the Problem, We Are the Solution

2013-04-29T12:23:14Z

For some of us, it may seem like a lovely idea that we are aspects of God in the process of evolution. It's an abstract idea, but an attractive one. It inspires us to think that we are part of a whole, larger than ourselves.

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Mark Steinberg: Media Bombshell: Koch Brothers To Dictate Radical Changes at LA Times

2013-04-26T16:02:21Z

A document obtained today by this reporter reveals that right-wing Texas billionaire brothers Charles and Bill Koch, rumored for months to be planning a takeover of the venerable Los Angeles Times, are secretly detailing changes they intend to make after they assume control.

Read more: Taxes, David Koch, Newspapers, Illegal Immigration, Parasite, Hussein Obama, Gun Control, Ted Kaczynski, Birth Control, Koch Brothers, Oil Spill, Ted Nugent, Charles Koch, Ted Cruz, Reporters, Los Angeles Times, Evolution, Right-Wing Extremism, Comedy News

Purported 4th-Grade Science Test Says Dinosaurs Lived With Humans

2013-04-26T13:47:23Z

Dinosaurs hung out with humans; God created dinosaurs on the sixth day; the "behemoth" described in the Bible's Book of Job actually refers to a bront...

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Anne Wojcicki: Science Education Fuels Innovation

2013-04-24T17:47:19Z

April 25th is DNA Day. I know, you probably had no idea. If you are like a lot of Americans, you don't give much thought to DNA or genetic science in general. You should.

Read more: Genetic Literacy, National Science Foundation, 23andme, Dna, DNA Day, Genetics, Human Genome Project, Science Education, Impact News