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An Agnostic in Waiting

Posted on November 25, 2009, in article, Contest, General, law, legal, reader submission, Science, with 2 Comments

By Faith Hamby It’s hard to pinpoint the moment I went from a Catholic-raised schoolgirl to something more. When I was younger, I was so affected by the stories told during Catholic services that I’d often cry when I thought.

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PhysicsBot 5000

Posted on April 5, 2009, in Science, with 0 Comments

In just over a day, a powerful computer program accomplished a feat that took physicists centuries to complete: extrapolating the laws of motion from a pendulum’s swings. Developed by Cornell researchers, the program deduced the natural laws without a shred.

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Evolution witnessed and confirmed

Posted on April 19, 2008, in Science, with 0 Comments

In 1971, biologists moved five adult pairs of Italian wall lizards from their home island of Pod Kopiste, in the South Adriatic Sea, to the neighboring island of Pod Mrcaru. Now, an international team of researchers has shown that introducing.

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