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	Thursday, 1 September 2005

Chimp DNA sheds light on humanity Scientists have unveiled the genetic code of the chimpanzee, showing that humans are biologically distinct from apes thanks to a small handful of important differences in DNA. Quite recently, there were moves afoot to rename the chimpanzee, or pan troglodytes, the way it originally appeared in the nomenclature, homo silvanus, or man of the woods. This would have acknowledged the chimp as a species of human. We would then have been not so alone. I guess this may put the kibosh on that. [ABC News: Science and Technology] 10:57:22 PM

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The Horror! Lion Nathan makes $352m bid for Coopers. Lion Nathan has announced it is making an off-market bid for the Adelaide-based brewer Coopers. [ABC News: Breaking Stories] 9:49:03 PM

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On the other hand... If God had wanted people to walk around naked [Thriving Quotes] 9:46:53 PM

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Current Editorials: Religious Right Blames Gays, Abortion for Hurricane Just when you think it  couldn't get any worse... I wish I could say I was making this up. But I'm not. The Religious Right has lost its last marble. Anyone who believes the nonsense that they're dishing out now has got to be completely and utterly brainless. If you're reading this and you think that the positions taken by these fundamentalist wackos... [morons.org headlines] 9:44:56 PM

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