Darwiniana: blogzone

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http://www.newkerala.com/fs/b/ai-1314.htm
Artilcle reads: Molecular and evolutionary biologists from Yale University, in collaboration with Department of Energy scientists, have produced the full genome sequence of Trichoplax, one of nature’s most primitive multicellular organisms, which may serve as the ‘rosetta stone’ for understanding evolution of all higher animals.

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http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-18490.html
Article reads: The research, conducted in part by University of Florida zoology professor Edward Braun, determines that birds like African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, South American rheas and the New Zealand kiwi, don’t share a common ancestor as was once believed.

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 http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/sep/02/me-teacher-tackles-evolutions-lesson/news-metro/
Article reads: He scanned the faces of the sophomores in his Biology I class. Many of them, he knew from years of teaching high school in this Jacksonville suburb, had been raised to take the biblical creation story as truth. His gaze rested for a moment on Bryce Haas, a football player who attended the […]

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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/425473.html
 Article reads: For the first time ever, evolution is to be taught clearly and explicitly in Florida classrooms now that the state Board of Education approved a batch of new science standards Tuesday that mention the ”E” word. But there’s a catch: The subject will be taught as “the scientific theory of evolution.”

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http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/science_technology/waters
Article reads: As temperatures rise, African rivers and lakes will begin to dry up, researchers say. Grazing animals, such as buffalo and wildebeest, may die in great numbers if their local water sources evaporate. This is because they are not very mobile creatures who must live close to water.
Article reads: Other grazers with more reliable […]

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http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/21/biopiracy
Article reads: Admittedly, there is something very odd, and slightly disturbing, in the spectacle of a fight over who owns the DNA of a virus that could kill millions of people around the world. Should a country retain property rights to the strains of diseases that plague its citizens? There is also, as always, the […]

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http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/4971349/gmo-ban-extension
Article reads:  Parliamentary Committee chaired by the Primary Industries Minister, David Llewellyn, has recommended the ban be extended and reviewed in five years. The Committee recommends the State adopt a zero-tolerance approach for GMO contamination in imported canola and grain seeds, as well as a ban on the importation of animal feed containing GMOs.

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 http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/808125.html
Article reads: Research conducted by the University of Miami School of Medicine has shown that after 10 Taiji classes over five weeks, adolescents diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder displayed a decrease in anxiety, daydreaming behaviors, inappropriate emotions and hyperactivity, along with a greatly improved conduct. Other studies, about the effectiveness among older patients, showed […]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/opinion/l31evolution.html
Folks that can’t get evolution right can hardly complain about not being able to teach their false views on evolution! 

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CVN_PALIN_EVANGELICALS?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME
Article reads: As a politician, Palin has sided with the majority evangelical view in opposing gay marriage and expressing a desire to see creationism discussed alongside evolution in schools. During a 2006 debate, she said she was a proponent of teaching both evolution and creationism in schools. She later clarified her stance in an interview […]

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