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Thursday, August 11, 2005

"The evolution wars" in Time. August 11, 2005: The cover story of the August 15, 2005, issue of Time magazine is Claudia Wallis's "The evolution wars" -- the first cover story on the creationism/evolution controversy in a major national newsweekly in recent memory. With "When Bush joined the fray ... [National Center for Science Education]
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'Firefox Will Be Free Forever'. Interview with Firefox creator Blake Ross [digg]
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Discoveries rewriting Missouri history. An archaeological dig that has helped rewrite the prehistory of Missouri is weeks away from completion. [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Cal Poly, UC Berkeley Experts Link Polynesians and California Indian tribes. A Cal Poly professor has helped lead a discovery of archaeological and linguistic evidence that points to Polynesians landing in Southern California between 400 and 800 A.D. and sharing their boat-building ... [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Road crew uncovers skeletal remains. Archaeologists are scouring a site where workers widening a road north of Toronto uncovered the skeletal remains of up to 15 people. [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Galapagos Used by Both Sides of Evolution Debate. Scientists inspired by Charles Darwin's observations about natural selection have long found support for the theory of evolution in the Galapagos Islands. But creationists and proponents of intelligent design also use the Galapagos to advance their view of the origin of species. [NPR Topics: Health & Science]
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