Science
Unions push to save jobs in Florida and across the nation
March 2, 2010Union leaders decry "job destruction program," as workers, unions, small business owners and community activists fight to save 23,000 Florida jobs at NASA and beyond.
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Evolution: ‘Theory’ is fact
January 20, 2010Right-wing attacks by the likes of Bill O'Reilly are exactly why Richard Dawkins wrote this entertaining and enlightening book.
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The importance of being Ardi: An emerging picture of human origins
October 22, 2009The announcement by a team of U.S., Ethiopian and international scientists of the results of their study of the fossil remains of the hominid Ardipithecus ramidus, a likely human ancestor from the Middle Awash region in...
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Experts warn of climate change errors
February 16, 2009Leading scientists warned a US conference on climate change at the weekend that the rate of global warming has been seriously underestimated.
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