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Creationism And Intelligent Design Gain Foothold In Turkey

Washington Post | Marc Kaufman | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Harun Yahya, Islam, Noah's Ark, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Atheism, Turkey, School Boards, Secularism, Science, Anti-Evolution, Institute for Creation Research, Discovery Institute, Charles Darwin, Religion, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Darwin, God, Humanism, Egypt, Saudi Arabie, Evolution, Colleges, Muslim, Ankara, Universities, Christianity, World News

With direct and indirect help from American foes of evolution, similarly-minded Turks have aggressively made the case that Charles Darwin's theory is ...

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A Question of Harm -- The Legacy of Vaccination

Tim Ellis | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Cdc, Anti-Vaccinators, Health, Disease, Science, Thimerosal, Autism, Fda, Vaccines, Living News
Tim Ellis

The anti-vaccination movement has picked up steam in the past few years, and authorities now believe that pockets of unvaccinated children are forming. This is beginning to have deadly results.

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Electronics and Atrocities: Tech Supply Chains Must Do No Harm

David Sullivan | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: Rwanda, War Crimes, Satellite Imagery, Sexual Violence, Conflict Minerals, Human Rights, Defense Authorization Act, President Obama, Science, Cell Phones, Congo, Electronics, Technology News
David Sullivan

Electronics companies should commit resources to trace supply chains back to the point of extraction, conduct audits, and check assurances for fraud to certify electronics products as conflict-free.

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Housework After Sex, Not Sleep

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Science, Fruit Flies, Sex, Couples, Sleep, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

I wonder, are there ingredients in human sperm yet to be identified that can chemically alter a woman's body? Help her to conceive? Prepare the body for pregnancy?

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Mapping The Link Between Alcohol, Cancer

Yahoo! News | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Science, New Study, Cancer, Alcohol Consumption, Medicine, Health, Wellness, Alcohol, Living News

New research suggests that alcohol may boost the progression of cancer by stimulating a pathway inside cells....

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Science Says Sex With Others Is Better

eSarcasm | Posted 10.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Science, Sexuality, Sex, Hot Chick, Research, Biology, Humor, Insects, Comedy News
eSarcasm

Now, they aren't actually talking about humans -- they're talking about plants and animals able to reproduce both by themselves and with others. But that doesn't make it any less amusing.

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Practicing Science -- With or Without Religion?

Dan Agin | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Deism, Religion, Science, Atheism, Scientists, National Academy of Sciences, Francis Collins, Thomas Paine, Biology, Darwinism, Evolution, Richard Dawkins, Living News
Dan Agin

The problem for the working scientist is that the essence of science is a self-conscious and mandatory objectivity -- which means dogma and doctrine are essentially antithetical.

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CDs and Ardi and Vooks, Oh My!

Michael Sigman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology

Read More: Vooks, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Ardi, Simon & Schuster, Science, Evolution, Fundamentalists, Gourmet Magazine, George Albert, Cds, Gourmet Magazine Closes, Eight-Tracks, DigiScent iSmell, Technology, Cashbox, Technology News
Michael Sigman

It can be exhilarating to contemplate the digital and evolutionary future. But I don't know if I could bear a world of "vookcases," "vook reports," and God forbid, a New York Review of Vooks.

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How Much Television is Too Much? Science Weighs In

Todd Kashdan | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Science, Television, Psychology, Parenting, Children, Social Networking, Sex, Living News
Todd Kashdan

Let's move beyond the silly argument of how much television people should watch. If you are a parent, the amount of TV your children watch should not be another area for you to stress about.

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Modern Man Is A Wimp, According To Anthropologist

Reuters | John Mehaffey | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Neanderthal, Modern Man Speed, Usain Bolt, Modern Man Strength, Prehistoric Man, Manthropology, Modern Man, Olympic Athletes, Australian Aboriginals, Peter Mcallister, Athletes, Books, Strength, Science, Speed, Aborigines, Darwin, Evolution, Home News

Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions. Any Neanderthal wom...

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Ultra Slow Motion Video Of Bullet Impacts (VIDEO)

Posted 10.13.2009 | Technology

Read More: Science, Ultra Slow Motion Video, Bullet Ultra Slow Motion Video, Slow Motion Video, Technology News

Chris Higgins at Mental Floss flags this very cool video of an ultra-slow motion camera capturing the impact of bullets on a variety of objects. Two ...

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Demographic Science and Gay Civil Rights

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Census, Census, Marriage, Michelle Obama, Same Sex Marriage, Science, Immigration, Chinese, Carl Sagan, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

Allowing the Census Bureau to apply its scientific powers to the question of changing families is a breath of fresh air from which demographers, and the public, will ultimately benefit.

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The God Crisis

Landon Ross | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Politics, Christianity, Science, Religion and Politics, Religion, Education, God, Living News
Landon Ross

Other countries are on a future trajectory to out-compete us in science and technology. It's hugely unpatriotic to do nothing in the face of moneyed interests pushing superstition into the classroom.

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Dan Brown's New Book, 2012 - Are You Ready for the Consciousness Shift?

Doc Childre | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Deborah Rozman, Emotions, Fear, Heartmath, Consciousness, Institute of HeartMath, Global Coherence Initiative, The Lost Symbol, Science, Shift, Planet, Doc Childre, Compassion, Dan Brown, 2012, Living News
Doc Childre

Many people are feeling a shift in consciousness happening now and some are predicting a major planetary shift around the year 2012.

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New Music Software Turns Hit Songs Into A Science

npr.org | Laura Sydell | Posted 10.12.2009 | Technology

Read More: Hit Song, Music Software, Popular, Math, Song, Hit, Uplaya, Science, Software, Technology, Music, Technology News

Many of us like to believe that there's a little magic behind the making of a hit single. David Meredith, CEO of Music Intelligence Solutions, says th...

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A Journalism Lesson from King Abdullah's University of Science & Technology

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

Read More: Freedom of Speech, University, Islam, Al Watan, Education, Newspapers, Research, Kaust, Saudi Arabia, Science, King Abdullah, Jeddah-Saudi-Arabia, Media News, Media, Freedom of Press, Muslim, Journalism, World News, World News
Faisal J. Abbas

KAUST is the first university in Saudi Arabia to allow a mixed-gender environment. This has triggered a 'showdown' between the press and a senior member of the clergy.

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Sleep: Theory About Biological Clocks Overturned, Study Says

Medical News Today | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Sleep Cycle, Biological Clock, Alzheimers, Health, Science, New Study, Internal Clock, Cancer, Jet Lag, Wellness, Exhaustion, Sleep Study. Insomnia, Sleep, Living News

University of Michigan mathematicians say they have identified the signal the brain sends to the rest of the body to control biological rhythms, a fin...

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Up Close and Personal With Ardi, World's Oldest Human Ancestor

eSarcasm | Posted 10.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Hip Hop, Lil' Kim, Paleontology, Science, Apes, Fossils, Archaeology, Missy Elliott, Rap Music, Comedy News
eSarcasm

eSarcasm managed to score an exclusive interview with Ardi. Here she talks about what it's like to be the world's first hip hop diva, and reveals the real reasons why men walk upright.

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Butterflies Arrive At American Museum Of Natural History

Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Photos, Natural History Museum, Butterflies, Nature, Slidepoll, American Museum of Natural History, Matthew Rodigheri, Science, Butterfly Exhibit, New York News

Since first opening at the American Museum of Natural History in 1998, the Butterfly Conservatory has been cherished by millions of children and adult...

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Learning from the Nobel Prizes in Science

James M. Gentile | Posted 10.09.2009 | Technology

Read More: Science, Xerox, National-Institutues-of-Health, Hewlett-Packard, Ibm, Nobel Prize, Microsoft, Nobel Physics Prize, Nobel Medicine Prize, Research and Development, Immigration, Technology News
James M. Gentile

These awards speak volumes about the key role of immigration in American scientific leadership. As a nation, we have our work cut out for us, if we want to maintain scientific leadership.

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Saturn: New Ring Discovered By NASA Telescope

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

Read More: Science, Ring Saturn, Nasa, Planets, Saturn, Saturn Ring, Saturn Ring Found, Saturn New Ring, Saturns New Ring, Saturn's New Ring, New Ring Saturn, Saturn New Rings, Saturn's New Rings, Nasa Saturn New Ring, Saturn Newring, Saturn' S New Ring, New Rings Saturn, Saturnus New Ring, Ring Saturn New, Saturne New Ring, World News

PASADENA, Calif. — The Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the biggest but never-before-seen ring around the planet Saturn, NASA's Jet Propul...

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Study: Pilots On Fattiest Diets Perform Best

AP | DAVE KOLPACK | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Biscuits, High Protein, Butter, Brownies, Pizza, Lobster, Science, Fat, Nutrition, Fatty Foods, Air Force, Diet, Fatty Acids, Protein Diet, Low Carb Diet, Army, Gravy, Ntsb, Performance, Food, Military, Protein, Flight, High-Carb Diet, Navy, Carbohydrates, Landing, Mayo, Mre, Living News

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Running a marathon, grab a carbohydrate bar. Lifting weights, gulp a protein shake. But climbing into a fighter jet? Butter-...

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Mobile Phones Used Across Rural Africa For New Ventures

nytimes.com | SARAH ARNQUIST | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Mobile Phones, Science, Africa Mobile Phones, Mobile Phones Africa, Technology, Africa, World News

BUSHENYI, Uganda Laban Rutagumirwa charges his mobile phone with a car battery because his dirt-floor home deep in the remote, banana-covered hills of...

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How Would the Right Know It's Wrong?

Marty Kaplan | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Science, Karl Popper, Philosophy, Right Wing, Enlightenment, Barack Obama, Politics News
Marty Kaplan

Whether they're cynical postures or sincere beliefs doesn't matter: ruthless opposition and dingbat delusions are the currency of right-wing success, and sand in the gears of democracy.

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Scientists Find Mini-Stonehenge

Carleton Bryant | Posted 10.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Science, Archeology, Humor, England, Wales, Wiltshire, Bbc, Bluehenge, Archaeology, Comedy News
Carleton Bryant

Archeologists have found a smaller version of Stonehenge about a mile from the larger circle of rocks in Wiltshire, England, the BBC is reporting.

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