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Florida Education Bill Revives Evolution Debate

A controversial bill in the Florida Senate that would require teachers to offer a "thorough presentation and critical analysis of the scientific theory of evolution" has kicked up the latest battle over evolution. The language is subtle, but critics say the bill is a clear bid by the backers of intelligent design to chip...

Scientists: Ancient Bird Evolved 'Nunchuck' Wings

Scientists have discovered fossils in Jamaica of an extinct, flightless bird whose wings, they believe, evolved into huge bony clubs used to clobber predators. The chicken-sized bird, with a long beak and legs, couldn't fly and had no way to defend itself, aside from with its strong arm-wings. With thick, curved arm bones...

Math Proof Bolsters Theory of Evolution, Researchers Say

(Dec. 14) --Change happens... ...often more quickly than one can imagine. Two University of Pennsylvania professors say their new reserach undercuts a longstanding critique of Charles Darwin's Theory of Evloution. Herbert Wilf, emeritus professor of mathematics, and Warren Ewens, emeritus professor of biology, say that...

Was Civilization Just an Excuse to Get Drunk?

(Nov. 9) -- Anthropologists and archaeologists have been arguing for decades over why human beings ever moved from the idyllic lives of hunter gatherers to the painful toil of sedentary agricultural life. But some scientists have come up with an explanation that just about anyone can understand: We just wanted to get...

Christine O'Donnell Supporters Decry Debate Coverage

(Oct. 20) -- What did she say, and what did she mean? In the wake of tea party candidate Christine O'Donnell's comments on the First Amendment in a debate with her Democratic rival, Chris Coons, numerous media outlets (including this one) ran stories about O'Donnell's apparent lack of knowledge about the establishment...

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06/02/12 Darwin's Unfinished Business Source: The Santa Barbara Independent - Santa Barbara CA All things do indeed flow, change, evolve.
06/02/12 Faith in Bible trumps evolutionary theories Source: Asbury Park Press - Neptune NJ I didnt know whether to laugh or to scratch my head in disbelief.
06/02/12 Scientists fail miserably delving into God's affairs Source: Asbury Park Press - Neptune NJ Isnt it wonderful how the smart folks are so willing to believe that evolution created humans over millions of years out of some tiny little ocean creature?
06/01/12 5 Signs Humans Are Still Evolving Source: Neatorama In fact, there is evidence that modern humans are evolving faster than ever before, as mutations and natural selection continue to change us.
06/01/12 Darwin's Ghosts by Rebecca Stott â review Source: The Guardian - London - UK Was Darwin's theory of evolution merely an idea whose time had come?