Flying spaghetti monster defeats anti-evolution FL school board

"Efforts were afoot recently on the Polk County School Board (in the Tampa, FL area) to begin teaching the "concept" of intelligent design in science classes as an alternative to evolution, at a time when new...

Rare freshwater dolphins enthuse wildlife experts

"The history of the Indus river dolphins is traced to the Tethys Sea that existed between the Indian subcontinent and Asia over 50 million years ago."

Scottish backpacker stabbed to death after creationism row

"A bizarre row about evolution versus creationism led to an English backpacker fatally stabbing a Scottish backpacker during a fruit-picking trip to earn money for their travels."

Better, Faster, Stronger: Human Evolution Is Accelerating

Just like seemingly everything else in our world, humans aren't just living, thinking, acting, and moving faster -- even our evolution is accelerating."In the beginning, there was creationism, which assumed we had never evolved. Then came the theory of evolution through...

This just in: We're evolving really fast!!!

Survival of the fittest, or survival of the fastest?"WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Human evolution has been moving at breakneck speed in the past several thousand years, far from plodding along as some scientists...

Is Texas Governor RIck Perry "evolving" an immigration plan?

"Governor Good Hair" (we miss you, Molly Ivens) and his crowd are at it again.The Texas Education Agency apparently all but fired science curriculum director Chris Comer last October, after nine years on the job. Her crime seems to be blaspheming "intelligent...

Debate is far from Over

 In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species," which explained his theory of evolution. Now, after nearly 150 years, the debate is as divided and acrimonious as...

Canada : Global warming may reduce cod stocks to Arctic

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Though Global warming may contribute to declining Cod Stocks, Over fishing from other countries who enter Canadian waters while Canadian fisherman watch...

Pakistan orders UK reporters out

I don't believe the Deputy Information Minister. No. I don't."Three reporters from the Telegraph newspaper group have been ordered to leave Pakistan within 72 hours. Deputy Information Minister Tariq Azim Khan said Isambard Wilkinson, Colin Freeman and Damien McElroy were...

The Road Ahead for Canadian Venture Capital

Mark Skapinker is one of the board members at NowPublic and one of our esteemed investors.  I love it when he goes on a rant about the VC market in Canada.  People should sit up and listen.  He is...

BigT’s Roundup - Friday Ed. (10-26-07)

There was a piece a couple of days ago talking about how Drudge was putting some news stories on his site that were helpful for Ms. Clinton. I really didn’t think much of it at the time because, in truth, I...

Orishas the Best from Cuba

Cuban-born hip-hop trio Orishas are known for rhyming about the daily struggles faced by those living in their homeland, often dealing head-on with touchy themes such as racial discrimination, poverty, and...

Hook-Beaked Lizard Fossil Discovery In Utah :: Oblate Spheroid

"Gryposaurus monumentensis, a new and very large duck-billed dinosaur species was recently uncovered in Utah at the infamous Grand Staircase-Escalante national Monument. What makes this discovery unique is that...

Debbie Harry In Dance-Club Groove On Solo Album

"When she recalls that her last solo record was released 14 years ago, Debbie Harry has a note of incredulity in her voice. "I guess time flies, huh?' she says with a laugh. The Blondie frontwoman, who didn't initially set out to record another album, describes the process...

The bugs that came in from the cold

Locked in ice for millions of years, Antarctic bacteria are thawing – and they're alive. So will a prehistoric plague be swimming in a sea near you?

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