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Thursday, September 8, 2005

Evolution affirmed in Utah. September 7, 2005: At its meeting on September 2, 2005, the Utah state board of education unanimously adopted a position statement that described evolution as "a major unifying concept in science and appropriately included in Utah's K-12 Science Core Curriculum." The statement, according to the ... [National Center for Science Education]
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University of California system sued over creationism. September 8, 2005: Creationism is prominent in a recent lawsuit that charges the University of California system with violating the constitutional rights of applicants from Christian schools whose high school coursework is deemed inadequate preparation for college. The complaint was filed in federal court in Los Angeles on August 25, 2005, on behalf of the Associa ... [National Center for Science Education]
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Branch in The Sedimentary Record. September 8, 2005: NCSE deputy director Glenn Branch contributed "The battle over evolution: How geoscientists can help" to the September 2005 issue (2.5M PDF) of The Sedimentary Record, published quarterly by the Society for Sedimentary Geology. "Eighty years after the Scopes trial," Branch writes ... [National Center for Science Education]
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"Undoing Darwin" in Columbia Journalism Review. September 8, 2005: Chris Mooney and Matthew C. Nisbet's "Undoing Darwin" -- the cover story of the September/October 2005 issue of Columbia Journalism Review -- is essential reading for anyone bemused by the spate of media coverage of the creationism/evolution controversy. After alluding to rec ... [National Center for Science Education]
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Library site opens book on prehistoric past. Archaeologists discovered several ancient artifacts dating to 6,000-4,000 B.C. from an old farm that now is a construction site for the new Clifton Park-Halfmoon library, state officials announced Wednesday. [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Archaeology Lecture to Be Held Sept. 17 at Arrow Rock State Historic Site. In celebration of Archaeology Month, Arrow Rock State Historic Site in Arrow Rock will host a lecture entitled "Archaeological Studies of the Missouri, Osage and Illini" on Saturday, Sept. [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Archaeologists use radar to locate Confederate Prison's fence. Relax, speeders, the radar activated this week in the Brooklyn-South Square Historic District isn't aimed at you. [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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TV for Nerds, by Nerds. NerdTV is an internet talk show with guests no other show would touch. Also: Cheaper version of XP set to launch in the PhilippinesÖ. Texas Instruments enhances the way you see video.Ö and more. [Wired News: Top Stories]
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When cave crickets go out for dinner, they really go, researchers say. Photo by Jean K. KrejcaCave crickets travel farther from their homes to forage -- by about double -- than their previously reported range, researchers have discovered. In Texas, that means protective buffer areas around caves may need to be extended to protect endangered invertebrate species that live inside and depend [Biology News Net]
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Bose-Einstein condensate runs circles around magnetic trap. Physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, have the universe's coldest substance running in circles, literaly. [digg]
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