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Project Steve hits #1000
Enter one of my favourite creationist-countering initiatives: the USA-based National Centre for Science Education (NCSE) created Project Steve many years ago now, as a response to the people who asked them for a list of actual scientists who do support evolution.
Cool Science: Carnivorous sea squirt and ocean spiders
A join Australian/US research expedition has discovered a multitude of new deep-sea species in the Tasman Fracture Zone, southwest of Tasmania. The 30 cm sea spiders I could do without knowing about, but check out some of the other marine life they’ve photographed with their submersible robot.
“The Knowledge” and navigating brains
London taxi’s [sic] originally uploaded by walking with a ghost From Auntie Beeb: Scientists have uncovered evidence for an inbuilt “sat-nav” system in the brains of London taxi drivers. They used magnetic scanners to explore the brain activity of taxi… Read More ›
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