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Denyse O'Leary

Date
December 17, 2011

Categories
News
stasis}

“Leaproach” thought extinct in late Jurassic, but …

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December 17, 2011

News, stasis

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Turned up in South Africa; Can leap as well as a grasshopper. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
December 17, 2011

Categories
Animal minds
News}

More insights into how smart birds solve problems

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December 17, 2011

Animal minds, News

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"Smarter animals do not so much abstract a solution to a problem as take available hints from their environment." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
December 16, 2011

Categories
Extraterrestrial life
Intelligent Design
News}

Life on Mars: It works if it is mostly underground?

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December 16, 2011

Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design, News

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We’d settle for a postage-stamp size bit of evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
December 16, 2011

Categories
Media
News}

Should a student you know consider a career in journalism?

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December 16, 2011

Media, News

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What can a degree in journalism really buy you today? You'd be surprised how little. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
December 16, 2011

Categories
Christian Darwinism
News
science education}

Biologos is raising funds for teaching Christian students Darwinism

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December 16, 2011

Christian Darwinism, News, science education

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You might like to offer the school a gift to host credible explanations instead. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
December 16, 2011

Categories
Cell biology
News}

Video animation of RNA interference (RNAi)

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December 16, 2011

Cell biology, News

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Video animation of RNA interference (RNAi)

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
December 16, 2011

Categories
Cambrian explosion
News}

Canada’s Burgess Shale: Welcome to the original Cambrian explosion, in pictures

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December 16, 2011

Cambrian explosion, News

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Many, no guff, not even named. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
December 16, 2011

Categories
Exoplanets
News}

Coffee! “Scientist creates lifelike cells out of metal”

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December 16, 2011

Exoplanets, News

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"'I am 100 percent positive that we can get evolution to work outside organic biology,' he said." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
December 16, 2011

Categories
Culture
News
Science}

Scientism is indistinguishable from the nonsense popular culture it spawns

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December 16, 2011

Culture, News, Science

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Scientism has failed the very nature of things; no matter that all the law courts in the world force it down students’ throats as they choose. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
December 16, 2011

Categories
Atheism
Culture
Intelligent Design
News}

Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011

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December 16, 2011

Atheism, Culture, Intelligent Design, News

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No question, he spoke to and for his age. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
December 16, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
News}

Evolution? The Sickle Cell Engima

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December 16, 2011

Evolution, Intelligent Design, News

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"Does being a sickle cell carrier, which can be symptomatic in some circumstances and gives a 25% chance of having sick offspring, really increase fitness?" Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
December 15, 2011

Categories
Human evolution
News}

Did you know that snakes are getting smarter, and that they helped humans evolve?

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December 15, 2011

Human evolution, News

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No popular local snake conservation/protection program has revealed this amazing fact. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
December 15, 2011

Categories
Cosmology
News
Science}

NASA’s former glory vs its current rock music fetish

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December 15, 2011

Cosmology, News, Science

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Today, anything and everything is true except reasons to doubt materialism, Darwinism, the multiverse .. As long as you pay ... . Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
December 15, 2011

Categories
Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
News}

Darwinist Michael Ruse goes after ID-friendly Alvin Plantinga

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December 15, 2011

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The interesting thing is that Ruse can go on fronting these scams for decades, and no top people ever call him on them. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
December 15, 2011

Categories
Culture
Intelligent Design
News
Science}

An MIT nuclear scientist writes against scientism

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December 15, 2011

Culture, Intelligent Design, News, Science

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You can also read quite a bit of the book online for free at the author’s website. Read More ›