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Friday, August 19, 2005

California Wild Re-Posts "In My Backyard". August 19, 2005: In the spring 2005 issue of California Wild, the magazine of the California Academy of Sciences, NCSE's executive director Eugenie C. Scott, a Fellow of the Academy, discussed creationism in California, in a piece entitled "In My Backyard." A section of the article briefly described controversies over evolution education in the Rose ... [National Center for Science Education]
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Otter adaptations: How do otters remain sleek and warm. Otters cavorting in the water is a scene with which we're all familiar. Yet, unlike many other mammals that spend a considerable amount of time in the water[base ']Äìpolar bears, seals, dolphins, and whales[base ']Äìriver otters do not have a thick layer of body fat to keep warm. They rely, instead, on [Biology News Net]
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Russian archaeologists discover ancient birch-barks with profanities. Archaeologists have discovered two profanity-inscribed ancient birch bark pieces in Veliky Novgorod in northwestern Russia, the local culture, cinema and tourism committee said. [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Light That Travels Faster Than Light!!. A team of researchers from the EPFL has successfully demonstrated, for the first time, that it is possible to control the speed of light. Both slowing it down and speeding it up in an optical fiber, using off-the-shelf instrumentation in normal environmental conditions. [digg]
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