Biology
Oh God, an evolving saga continues in Kansas E-mail
by Alex Zaharov-Reutt   
Thursday, 15 February 2007
The Darwinian theory of evolution is to be taught to students in Kansas once more, after a series of flip-flop battles over the last 8 years that has seen the evolution vs. creationism (intelligent design) debate cause teaching standards to change 5 times already.

 
Chimp tech? E-mail
by Stephen Withers   
Wednesday, 14 February 2007
Canadian archaeologists working in Ivory Coast have found what they believe to be 4300 year old stone hammers and anvils used by chimpanzees to crush and crack food.

 
Evolution Sunday held on eve of Darwin’s birthday E-mail
by William Atkins   
Monday, 12 February 2007
On Sunday, February 11, 2007, churches across the United States and in five other countries are observing Evolution Sunday—what some people are calling Darwin Day because it falls on the day before Charles Darwin’s 198th birthday—a day to commemorate the connection between religion and science.

 
African-American chemist Percy Julian featured on PBS TV special E-mail
by William Atkins   
Tuesday, 06 February 2007
At 8 p.m. EST on Tuesday, February 6, 2007, PBS airs the two-hour NOVA television special “Forgotten Genius”—the story about the largely unknown but inspiring life of African-American chemist Percy Julian. He is widely regarded as one of the most important chemists of the twentieth century.

 
One endangered Whooping crane survives Florida storm E-mail
by William Atkins   
Tuesday, 06 February 2007
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, one young male Whooping crane was found alive after deadly violent storms raced across central Florida on Friday, February 2, 2007. Initially, all 18 endangered birds were feared killed in Citrus Country, Florida, where they had been transferred through a Whooping crane project to reestablish a migratory route for the birds.

 
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