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Search results for "evolution" ...
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Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion, and the Battle for America's Soul
Monkey Girl is an investigative book based on the federal court case Kitzmiller v. Dover, a modern version of the Scopes Monkey Trial. The book examines what to teach children in the classroom when it comes down to evolution and intelligent design. The First Amendment lawsuit against the local Pennsylvania school board had the potential to change school practices nationwide, bringing up the question of whether intelligent design is a scientific or religious idea.
Tags: God; creationism; Darwin;
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Sex and the Single Sperm
Reischel investigated Florida Atlantic University professor Tom Shackelford, who is using national science funds to study "sperm competition," which is a very controversial area of research. The basis of his research is the idea that the behavior of human sperm over the millennia has programmed humans to evolve rape and jealousy in order to survive. Even though FAU is split internally as to the legitimacy of his work, the university is promoting it as "evolutionary psychology."
Tags: Philip Meyer Award; science; evolution; research; grant funding; FOIA
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Limbo
A Times investigation into the military's system of justice for foreign terror suspects reveals "new information about the physical and legal treatment of the detainees." Among the major stories the Times broke were: "the use of harsh methods to break a series of hunger strikes at Guantanamo; the largely secret evolution of the military detention facility at Bagram, Afghanistan into another Guantanamo-type facility; the reasons for the collapse of an ambitious two-year effort to prosecute military personnel for abuses at Bagram; the obstacles to American government efforts to repatriate many of the Guantanamo prisoners and the story of attempts by senior Bush Administration officials to press for sweeping changes in the detention system." The Times also reported on the power struggle between military officials and detainees for control of Guantanamo, a situation the military denied.
Tags: Guantanamo; terror suspects; terror detainees; prisoners; Bagram, Afghanistan
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Organic Inc: Natural Foods and How They Grew
This book traces organic food back to its anti-industrial origins more than a century ago. It describes the evolution of the organic food movement from then to the $11 billion industry it is today. The book shows how the evolving industry came close to betraying the ideals at the heart of its free-market success; this section includes battles over USDA regulations and the way food is produced.
Tags: agriculture; farming; groceries; grocery stores; USDA; FDA; fruits; vegetables
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Unnatural Selection
The author investigated controversial Kansas Board of Education member Connie Morris. As a conservative board member she made it her mission to 'reclaim sex education'. The investigation shows that she herself lived a promiscuous life. Detailed in an autobiography, she embraced the free sex revolution, having affairs with married men and politicians, using drugs and basically living a life incompatible with her vocal viewpoint. When questioned about this she refused to comment. The reporter also revealed how she had told lies about opponents during her campaigns and abused some of her privileges as an elected official.
Tags: sex education; Kansas Board of Education; KSBE; evolution; anti-evolution; Connie Morris; From the Darkness: One Woman's Rise to Nobility
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Reporting Series on Al Qaeda: Unmasking the Insurgents, Jihad Express, Women of Al Qaeda
This extensive investigation by the Newsweek staff and their foreign correspondents uncovers the evolution of Al Qaeda in Iraq. The series includes a closer look at the world's most dangerous terrorist organization's new followers including Europe-born insurgents and female suicide bombers. The series also looks at the first elections in Iraq and intelligence about Zarqawi.
Tags: al Qaeda; Iraq; War on Terrorism; insurgents; jihad; Osama bin Laden; elections; Zarqawi; CAR
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Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond
20 years of research and reporting on Strom Thurmond led to the creation of this book. The book is the "definitive life story" of this controversial politician. It covers his political evolution across the political spectrum, and also examines his complex relationship with his illegitimate daughter.
Tags: politicians; U.S. congress; U.S. Senate; senator; political controversy; scandal; political parties; courthouse research; illegitimate children; families
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The Botox Boom
Newsweek magazine details the evolution of Botox - a drug that temporarily improves the appearance of moderate to severe frown lines in men and women. Ironically, the same drug in a far more concentrated form (botulinum toxin) is one of the deadliest poisons ever known. This as however not stopped lay men and celebrities from buying Botox. In 2001, Botox sales totaled $309.5 million, and analysts say that this figure could well cross $ 1 billion in the next few years.
Tags: glabellar lines; Allergan; "static" wrinkles
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FutureNet
An account of how the Internet has evolved and continues to grow. Richards also introduces the visionaries who have shaped the networked world and addresses new trends, concepts and business issues arising from the Internet's evolution.
Tags: BOOK; Internet; Transcontinental Railroad; Leland Stanford; Silicon Valley; World Wide Web; ARPANET; TCP/IPs; Digital Millennium Copyright Act; copyright issues; encryption; BOOK PAGES-274
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The Sexual Evolution
Atlanta Magazine examines how the appearabce of AIDS in 1981 has changed the sexual patterns in today's society. The story criticizes the "misplaced American prudery," which prevents a realistic diologue about AIDS prevention, and looks at the "smiling pharmaceutical ads [that] downplay the disease's devastation and lull the HIV-negative population into a false sense of security." The analysis reveals that gay's community infection rates have started to surge again in the beginning of 2001, and cites estimates that 10 percent of the homeless population is infected.
Tags: medicine; health; sex; homosexuals; pharamaceuticals; drugs; gay; lesbian; condoms; HIV; African-Americans