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Hundreds of baby penguins found dead in Brazil
(AP)
AP - Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches, rescuers and penguin experts said Friday.
Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves
(AP)
AP - A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall.
Judge: Water delivery system harms Calif. salmon
(AP)
AP - A federal judge ruled Friday that California's water systems threaten to push native, wild salmon into extinction but stopped short of ordering any immediate water cutbacks farmers said would have cost them millions in lost crops.
Human Speech Traced to Talking Fish
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - From Don Knotts' portrayle of "Mr. Limpet" to the children's
favorite "Nemo" and the tuna-pitching character in the "Sorry, Charlie" commercials, we all have seen fish that can talk. But that's just
fiction, right?
Taiwan storm death toll rises to 18
(AFP)
AFP - Thousands of workers continued search and rescue operations Saturday after Tropical Storm Kalmaegi wreaked havoc across Taiwan, leaving at least 18 people dead and seven missing, officials said.
Mars Lander Prepares for Second Ice Sample
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA
scientists planned to instruct the Phoenix Mars Lander to test out its method
for shaving and collecting ice for a second time Friday.
Army shoots live pigs for medical drill
(AP)
AP - The Army says it's critical to saving the lives of wounded soldiers. Animal-rights activists call the training cruel and outdated.
Canal fossils give clue to formation of Americas
(Reuters)
Reuters - Scientists in Panama have unearthed
hundreds of animal fossils dating back 20 million years, which
could shed more light on how and when the American continent
became connected.
Gore urges total shift to renewable energy to avert disaster
(AFP)
AFP - Nobel laureate and former US vice president Al Gore echoed president John F. Kennedy on Thursday as he urged Americans to shoot for the moon and make a total shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy in 10 years.
Two genes may prevent HIV infection: Canadian research centre
(AFP)
AFP - Scientists have isolated two genes which may prevent people from contracting HIV or at least slow the rate at which they develop AIDS, a new study has found.
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Former fundamentalist preaches evolution (The Ithaca Journal)
For centuries, the devoutly religious have undyingly opposed the scientific principles of Darwin's theory of evolution. At last, this controversial debate finds a proposed solution in the Rev. Michael Dowd's new book, ?Thank God for Evolution.? He encourages a cease-fire between theology and science, and suggests that the two are in fact inextricably linked. Instead of viewing fossils and ...
Do you believe evolution is fact or fiction? (News Interactive)
VIDEO special: Five youths from different faiths talk about their takes on evolution.
Evolution May Yield Most Abundant Traits, Not Best (Medical News Today)
Evolution may provide us with the most abundant phenotypes (observable genetic characteristics) rather than the fittest, according to a new theory published on July 18 in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology.
Discover How Evolution Has Effected Both Health and Disease (Business Wire vi...
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Evolution in Health and Disease" report to their offering.
BW)(AZ-EVOLUTION-SOLAR-CORP)(EVSO.OTCBB) Evolution Solar Welcomes Michael Fra...
(AP:GILBERT, Ariz.--) (BUSINESS WIRE) _ Jul. 17, 2008--Evolution Solar Corp (OTC:EVSO) welcomes Michael Franklin to its newly formed Solar Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) to further qualify and commercialize solar technologies and research market opportunities in the solar powered energy industry.
The Car of Tomorrow Has an Extension Cord (Wired News)
Forget hydrogen. The car of the future has an extension cord and a great big laptop battery. The next evolution of the automobile will be plug-in hybrids that get their juice from a household electrical outlet. They'll start rolling into showrooms within in 18 months. Experts say plug-in hybrids could account for about 20 percent of vehicle sales within a decade -- and half of all sales by ...
Crash kills Wits head of human evolution (Independent Online)
In September, Dr Charles Lockwood was set to become the first director of the Institute for Human Evolution at Wits University.
Scientists link fish mating calls to human evolution (Cape Cod Times)
A new study by a trio of visiting researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory finds the circuitry the male midshipman uses to hum develops in the same part of the central nervous system that allows humans to laugh, frogs to croak and birds to sing.
Crash kills Wits head of human evolution (Pretoria News)
In September, Dr Charles Lockwood was set to become the first director of the Institute for Human Evolution at Wits University. It was expected that the institute would greatly enhance the study of the evolution of humans under the guidance of this brilliant scholar.
Cooper Construction Launches 4th-Generation Website, Reflecting Company's Evo...
TORONTO----Cooper Construction of Toronto, ON, have launched a new website that reflects the evolution of the company?s business.
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