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Evolution versus creationism (sometimes hot!). (Moderated)
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'Junk' DNA Mystery Solved: It's Not Needed
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'Junk' DNA Mystery Solved: It's Not Needed
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One person's trash may be another person's treasure, but sometimes,
trash is just trash.
So-called junk DNA, the vast majority of the genome that doesn't code
for proteins, really isn't needed for a healthy organism, according to... more »
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Abundance Is Not Enough: The Need for Multiple Lines of Evidence in
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Abstract
The fossil record is the only source of information on the long-term
dynamics of species assemblages. Here we assess the degree of
ecological stability of the epifaunal pterioid bivalve assemblage
(EPBA), which is part of the Middle Devonian Hamilton fauna of New York
the type example of the pattern of coordinated stasis, in which long... more »
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Overlapping sedimentary rocks
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Near my home are Cambrian sedimentary rocks.
Yesterday I noticed a distinct layer with overlapping segments. At
first I thought it was a unique anomalous feature, but then (about 50
vertical feet up - 300 feet farther along/downstream) I saw another
layer that had been laid down at a later time with exactly the same... more »
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Agriculture in China Predates Domesticated Rice: Discovery of Ancient
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May 17, 2013 Archaeologists have made a discovery in southern
subtropical China which could revolutionise thinking about how ancient
humans lived in the region. They have uncovered evidence for the first
time that people living in Xincun 5,000 years ago may have practised
agriculture -- before the arrival of domesticated rice in the region.... more »
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Amblystegiaceae
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The Amblystegiaceae are a clade of mosses primarily found within damp
habitats. As currently circumscribed, the Amblystegiaceae are not yet
supported by any morphological synapomorphies; it has only been
resolved by molecular analysis combining both chloroplast and nuclear
loci (Vanderpoorten et al. 2002).... more »
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Water trapped underground for over 1.5 billion years has been discovered.
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Scientists have discovered water that has been trapped in rock for more than a billion years. The water might contain microbes that evolved independently from the surface world, and it's a finding that gives new hope to the search for life on other planets.
The water samples came from holes drilled by gold miners near the small... more »
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CA114.1: Kelvin and Dawkins
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I'm reading _The God Delusion_ in bathroom breaks, and Richard Dawkins accuses Lord Kelvin of misrepresenting science in order to undermine evolution, basically.
From Google Books: "[he] tried to demonstrate that
evolution was ruled out for lack of time."
I haven't heard it put that way before about how he... more »
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TO Archive down?
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When, I go to the TO Archive, it says, "404 error". Elsberry, at AtBC,
stated, that it was hacked by a hacker from India. The cracker had
access, to the FTP. He uploaded all the files, and "installed" malware
into it. Anyone fix it?
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Thrinaxodon
A cynodont in a kitchen.
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