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Thursday, July 21, 2005

"Divine design" legislation in Utah on hold. July 21, 2005: Chris Buttars, the Utah state senator who recently announced his plans to introduce legislation requiring instruction in "divine design" in the state's public schools, is now having second thoughts. On July 15, 2005, the Associated Press ... [National Center for Science Education]
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A mature, 9 000-year-old brew. New York - A United States brewer has managed to recreate a beer that was first brewed in China about 9 000 years ago, after he got the recipe from archaeologists who derived it from the residues of pottery ... [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Big Cove cemetery remains mystery (Reg Req'd). A mystery cemetery unearthed during a subdivision development in Old Big Cove remains just that - a mystery - despite an exhaustive study of records and a search for relatives of the deceased. [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 Released!. It is here! (probably the fastest recent update) They have managed to restore the original API which caused stability issues. [digg]
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Firefox 1.0.6 Released. Firefox 1.0.6 is a stability update. We recommend that users upgrade to this latest version. The link has been removed from the main site, but it can still be acquired through their official FTP server in the link above. [digg]
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Good Beginners Guide to Pod-casting. Download.com With its new look has a good article on how to Download, Subscribe, and Create your own pod-cast.Has links to software and leads you to the correct directions, on the how-to's on Pod-casting. [digg]
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Influential Paleontologist John Ostrom, 77, Dies. Dr. John Ostrom, a Yale University paleontologist who pursued the idea that birds descended from dinosaurs, helping to revolutionize our thinking about the extinct creatures, has died. He was 77. NPR's Robert Siegel discusses Ostrom's life and legacy with Dr. Robert Bakker of the Morrison Natural History Museum in Colorado. [NPR Topics: Health & Science]
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Scotty's ashes to be sent into space. James Doohan's ("Scotty" on Star Trek) ashes are to be sent into space, as Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's were. [digg]
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