Sunday, February 12, 2006

Creationists seek a redesign. The court ruling forbidding the teaching of intelligent design as science in Pennsylvanian public schools has weakened the ID movement [New Scientist - Evolution]
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Did oxygen boost fuel rise of large mammals?. Researchers claim a sudden increase in oxygen levels 50 million years ago prompted creatures like giant sloths and sabre-toothed cats to evolve [New Scientist - Evolution]
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Ohio's antievolution lesson plan under challenge. February 10, 2006: Although a proposal to remove the controversial "Critical Analysis of Evolution" lesson plan from the Ohio model science curriculum was narrowly defeated at the January meeting of the Ohio state board of education, the proposal is likely to be renewed at the board's February meeting, thanks to both a thinly disguised reproach from Ohio Gover ... [National Center for Science Education]
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Creationist interference at NASA?. February 8, 2006: Creationism emerged as a subsidiary theme as allegations of political interference with climate science at NASA were in the news. In a story in The New York Times (January 29, 2006), Andrew Revkin described climate scientist James E. Hansen's allegations th ... [National Center for Science Education]
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