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Atheist bus adverts could lead to watchdog ruling on God's existence - Telegraph »
Posted by: ekklesiawarrior 10 months, 1 week ago in Religion
Officials at the Advertising Standards Authority are now considering whether to tackle the question that has taxed the minds of the world's greatest thinkers ...
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Stephen Hawkins-On Why He Is Standing Down From His Prestigious Academic Position »
Posted by: Mikunited 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Physicist Stephen Hawking explains why he is standing down from a prestigious academic title at Cambridge.
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Padel 'acted as Walcott sex mole' - The Independent »
Posted by: gamahuche 5 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Oxford's newly appointed professor of poetry, Ruth Padel, is facing demands for her resignation after it emerged she tipped off journalists about allegations of ...
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Scientist who discovered how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics wins Nobel Prize in chemistry »
Posted by: IsraGeek 1 month, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Ada Yonath was among the three who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry today. Through her research of ribosomes she discovered how bacteria become resistant ...
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Atheist bus adverts: Christian refuses to drive bus declaring 'there's probably no God' »
Posted by: ekklesiawarrior 10 months ago in Religion
A devout Christian has become the first driver to refuse to get behind the wheel of a bus bearing an atheist poster declaring God probably ...
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Purdue Must Pay For Ayers »
Posted by: btatman22 2 months ago in Political Opinion
It is not every day that a self-described fugitive from justice turned professor is invited as an honored guest of one’s alma mater. Seeking ...
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Tunnels concentrate air pollution by up to 1,000 times »
Posted by: gkaglobal 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
A toxic cocktail of ultrafine particles is lurking inside road tunnels in concentration levels so high they have the potential to harm drivers and passengers ...
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The Day The Universe Froze: New Model For Dark Energy »
Posted by: DiffeeOnline 6 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Imagine a time when the entire universe froze. According to a new model for dark energy, that is essentially what happened about 11.5 billion ...
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Commentary: 'Death panel' rumors are false - Douglas W. Blayney, MD »
Posted by: ybdogsct 3 months ago in Political Opinion
The measure provides coverage for Medicare beneficiaries who elect to meet with their medical team once every five years to discuss options for treatment if ...
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Professor's Holocaust-Gaza comparison stirs debate
(AP) »Posted by: lebanonnews 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
AP - A Jewish university professor accused of anti-Semitism for comparing Israel's treatment of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to the Holocaust says he's ...
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Persistent Myths in Feminist Scholarship »
Posted by: btatman22 4 months ago in Political Opinion
"Harder to kill than a vampire." That is what the sociologist Joel Best calls a bad statistic. But, as I have discovered over the years ...
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As Officers Face Heated Words, Their Tactics Vary »
Posted by: ameliog 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
“We don’t get to tell people what they want to hear,” said the Los Angeles officer, who, like others interviewed for this article, spoke ...
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Three more quit over Nutt sacking »
Posted by: BronxBomber 2 days, 16 hours ago in News
UK - Three more scientists have resigned from the UK drug advisory body after the home secretary sacked of its chief advisor, Professor David Nutt, for ...
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Protesters want UC Berkeley law professor fired »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
Anti-war activists protested Monday at the University of California, Berkeley to call for the firing of a law professor who co-wrote legal memos that critics ...
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What’s in our water? »
Posted by: WikiMap 1 week, 1 day ago in Science & Technology
Although America's supply of drinking water is considered among the world's safest, there is an urgent need to develop more stringent regulations to ...
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