Church of England and “Intelligent design”?
The Guardian reported on comments from the Church of England’s head of education, the Rev. Jan Ainsworth, that “intelligent design”
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LA Times Science Files for 2007/05/31
These are items compiled by staff of the LA Times. PUBLIC HEALTH Mexican consulates offer healthcare help A program called
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These are items compiled by staff of the LA Times.
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These are items compiled by staff of the LA Times. SPACE Array of new planets found, but none like ours
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These are items compiled by staff of the LA Times. ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE Common chemicals pose danger for fetuses, scientists warm
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These are items compiled by staff of the LA Times. WAYWARD WHALES New tactics in humpback rescue effort SACRAMENTO –
Read moreNatGeo’s “Seconds to Disaster”: Challenger Disaster
Tonight’s broadcast of National Geographic’s “Seconds to Disaster” series took a look at the Challenger disaster. This covered the usual
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These are items compiled by staff of the LA Times. MEDICINE Concerns about diabetes drug Avandia aren’t new WASHINGTON –
Read moreIDC Alarming Sen. Brownback
Kansas Senator Brownback offered his two cents on the tenure case of Discovery Institute Center for the Renewal of Science
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These are items compiled by staff of the LA Times. MEDICINE Diabetes drug Avandia boosts heart attack risk, study finds
Read moreSciAm’s “Quantum Eraser” Home Experiment
Rachel Hillmer and Paul Kwiat have an article in the May 2007 Scientific American called “A Do-It-Yourself Quantum Eraser” (starts
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These are items compiled by staff of the LA Times. ENDANGERED SPECIES Wayward whales are headed back home A mother-and-child
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These are items compiled by staff of the LA Times. ENVIRONMENT Farm air pollution targeted California plans to enact the
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These are items compiled by staff of the LA Times. WEAR AND TEAR McCain: Physically fit to serve as president?
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These are items compiled by staff of the LA Times. COSMOLOGY Turning the light on space’s dark matter A team
Read moreCetacean Intelligence Essay on PLoS Biology
My colleague Lori Marino and a who’s-who of cetacean behavior experts have published an essay on cetacean intelligence in PLoS
Read moreSupreme Court Rules: No “Duh”
I’m catching up on some reading. The May 10th Nature notes that the US Supreme Court reached a moment of
Read moreOne More Political Hack Out
The Los Angeles Times reports that Interior Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Julie A. MacDonald resigned on Monday over her egregious
Read moreWar On Science Continues: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory on Chopping Block
There is news that officials in the Department of Energy (DOE) have decided to simply stop funding the Savannah River
Read moreThe Fair Use Thing
Shelley Batts wrote a blog post recently and used a figure from the scientific paper she was discussing to illustrate
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