Look, up in the sky
	Thursday night we watched the Space Station orbiting, closely followed by the Shuttle. [link] Susan Silberstein By Susan S  - 06:53 - 1 new of 1 message

	Working in the Quote Mine: Austin Clark
	I checked in the Quote Mine Project and didn't find this one, though I did find an alleged source. The most recent version I saw was: To sum it up, here is what Dr. Austin Clark, a leading biologist of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington has to day about the subject: "No matter how far back we go in the fossil record of previous animal... more » By Free Lunch  - 05:18 - 2 new of 2 messages

	climate change and evolution
	once again, Olivia Judson hits the nail on the head... <QUOTE> We humans are busily changing the environment for most of the beings on the planet, and often, we are doing so very fast. To know what effect this will have, we badly need to know how readily different creatures can evolve to deal with changes to their environment. For... more » By Xavier Onnasis  - 02:33 - 1 new of 1 message

	Way OT
	WARNING: There is no mention of Suzanne or Wernher Von Braun in the article. PALO ALTO, CA—Gathering for what members of the international science community are calling "potentially the most totally out-to-lunch freaky head trip since Einstein postulated that space and time were, like, curved and shit," a consortium of the world's top physicists... more » By heekster  - 01:58 - 1 new of 1 message

	what are the odds?
	Evolution is on a roll!! It called the right numbers on a pair of dice for ten billion consecutive throws!!!!!!!!!!! By All-Seeing-I  - 00:41 - 12 new of 12 messages

	a quote
	"If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. Whenver you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence... more » By All-Seeing-I  - 00:22 - 13 new of 13 messages

	well.... well... lookie at what we have here
	For those that do not know it, Talk Origins is one of the oldest groups on Usenet. In fact, i thing talk origins may even be older then some of the posters. Out of idle curiosity I wondered what the first post ever made was about. To no surprise i found this: <[link]... more » By All-Seeing-I  - 00:06 - 15 new of 15 messages

	News: European Studies Find Unexpected Complexity in Compact Bacterial Genome.
	European Studies Find Unexpected Complexity in Compact Bacterial Genome GenomeWeb Daily News - November 27, 2009 [link] NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A trio of papers in this week's issue of Science are revealing the surprising genomic, proteomic, and... more » By Ye Old One  - 27 Nov - 5 new of 5 messages

	The terror Nashton feels
	...Naffoff ran away from this article thread after several people, including myself, pointed out that sea levels are rising faster now then they have done in recorded history (and earlier). Naffoff did not write back thanking people for correcting his mistake: he just evaded the frightening truth and went on to lying elsewhere.... more » By Desertphile  - 27 Nov - 6 new of 6 messages

	Re-emergence (or re-birth?)
	Getting back to t.o. after a self induced hiatus of a couple of years. "Having a life" is *so* much overrated, but I tried to do it anyway. After more than 28 years with my previous employer, I finally decided to go on my own, well, with my own company, of which I was *partially* guilty of starting... more » By SeppoP  - 27 Nov - 4 new of 4 messages