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Why Religion needs to be opposed. - News24

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Why Religion needs to be opposed.
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First let's get one thing clear. I don't care what religion, non religion or wuckfittery you like to support, it is your absolute right to believe anything you want.
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The Archdruid Report: The Politics of Time's Shape

The three competing kinds of progress discussed in an earlier post in this sequence are responsible for part of that diversity, but the majority of it is a function of ordinary power politics. Any change in any part of society will ...
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Science Group Criticizes Politicians for Global Warming Distortions - New York Times (blog)

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Science Group Criticizes Politicians for Global Warming Distortions New York Times (blog) It's great to see the Union of Concerned Scientists offering nonpartisan criticism of elected officials for distorting — in both directions — what's known...
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Twin stars closer to Earth than thought - NBCNews.com (blog)

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ABC Science Online Twin stars closer to Earth than thought NBCNews.com (blog) A strange pair of stars is much closer to Earth than scientists ever thought, a discovery that finally helps explain a puzzling mystery behind the stellar twins,...
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Gitmo, Politics, and Ending the War - National Review Online (blog)

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Gitmo, Politics, and Ending the War
National Review Online (blog)
He's the problem-solver; his opponents are the ideologues, or in this case merely craven politicians.
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After the Ice: exhibiting life at Star Carr

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11,000-year-old artefacts from Star Carr, Britain’s largest-known Mesolithic settlement, will go on display for the first time tomorrow (24 May), with the opening of a new exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum.


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Ancient theatre of Messene re-opens after 1,700 years

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For more than 600 years, the ancient theatre of Messene hosted cultural and political events.
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What prehistoric dog burials tell us about owners - NBCNews.com (blog)

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What prehistoric dog burials tell us about owners
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Erik Axelsson, a researcher at Uppsala University's Science for Life Laboratory, has also studied prehistoric dogs.
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The Rise and Fall and Rise of Zahi Hawass - Smithsonian

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Smithsonian The Rise and Fall and Rise of Zahi Hawass Smithsonian Clad in his familiar denim safari suit and wide-brimmed bush hat, the famed archaeologist is standing inside the burial vault of the Step Pyramid of Djoser, a six-tiered, lopsided...
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A Modern Stone Age Family? A Neanderthal's Molar Suggests Early Weaning - New York Times

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A Modern Stone Age Family?
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Lebanon busts network smuggling Syrian antiquities

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Lebanese General Security arrested several people and recovered Byzantine and Roman-era artifacts stolen from churches and cemeteries in Syria and smuggled into Lebanon, LBCI reported on Saturday.
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Critiques of Obama's scandals should rely on facts and science - Washington Post

Critiques of Obama's scandals should rely on facts and science
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I found it ironic that George F.
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Don't Flush: Lifting the Lid on the Science of Poo and Wee by Richard & Mary ... - The Guardian

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Don't Flush: Lifting the Lid on the Science of Poo and Wee by Richard & Mary ...
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Caution and Bombast: Two GOP Responses to Scandal - ABC News

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Things could hardly have broken better for Republicans these last few weeks -- a trio of scandals, all combining to embarrass the Obama administration at the same time.
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Vials of Apollo 11 moon dust found in storage - NBCNews.com (blog)

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Vials of Apollo 11 moon dust found in storage NBCNews.com (blog) Accompanying the jar was an academic paper published in the Proceedings of the Second Lunar Science Conference in 1971, titled "Study of carbon compounds in Apollo 11 and Apollo 12...
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American Jews: From Holocaust to New Age Hasidism? - Religion Dispatches

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American Jews: From Holocaust to New Age Hasidism?
Religion Dispatches
Martin Kavka is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Florida State University.
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We Must Target the Origins of Homophobic Violence: Religion, Patriarchy and ... - Huffington Post (blog)

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We Must Target the Origins of Homophobic Violence: Religion, Patriarchy and ...
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Any discussion about homophobia in society must absolutely reference religion.
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Richard III was buried in 'hastily dug and untidy grave' - The Independent

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The Independent Richard III was buried in 'hastily dug and untidy grave' The Independent The academic paper - by a team from the University of Leicester Archaeological Services, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, and Department of Genetics...
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Linking climate change and human evolution

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Rapid climate change during the Middle Stone Age, between 80,000 and 40,000 years ago, during the Middle Stone Age, sparked surges in cultural innovation in early modern human populations, according to new research.
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The tea party and the politics of paranoia - Science News

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Members of tea party claim the movement springs from and promotes basic American conservative principles such as limited government and fiscal responsibility.
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Ignore Evidence. Deny Science. Minimize Problems. Then Cry 'Freedom! (And ... - Forbes

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Ignore Evidence. Deny Science. Minimize Problems. Then Cry 'Freedom! (And ...
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First they ignore. Next Next they deny and bury. Then they minimize. Finally, they shout about freedom—and how politicians are taking it away.
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The Mad Science of the National Debt - RollingStone.com

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The Mad Science of the National Debt
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national affairs matt taibbi mad science of national debt Click to Enlarge. Illustration by Victor Juhasz. Welcome back to the dumb season.
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In GOP-run House, has science left the building? - Grist

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In GOP-run House, has science left the building?
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I was optimistic when I began reading the Washington Post op-ed on climate change by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), current chairman of the House Science Committee.
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Tools, artistry flourished with climate change, study says - NBCNews.com (blog)

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AFP Tools, artistry flourished with climate change, study says NBCNews.com (blog) The research is the first to "show that there is a link between the occurrence of these cultural innovations and climate change," study leader Martin Ziegler, an...
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Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor - MiamiHerald.com

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Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor
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His participation makes a runoff more likely, and many political observers feel he could at least get to the second round.
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It's Time to Insist on our Right to Know: Dark Money in Politics

Richard French, the host of Richard French Live, speaks with Liz Kennedy, Counsel at Demos, about dark money's impact on the political process.


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