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jkinney3 writes to mention that DARPA's mad scientists have undertaken a new program designed to create synthetic organisms, complete with a "kill switch." The project, dubbed BioDesign, is dumping $6 million into "removing the randomness of evolutionary advancement" by creating genetically engineered masterpieces. "Of course, Darpa's got to prevent the super-species from being swayed to do enemy work — so they'll encode loyalty right into DNA, by developing genetically programmed locks to create 'tamper proof' cells. Plus, the synthetic organism will be traceable, using some kind of DNA manipulation, 'similar to a serial number on a handgun.' And if that doesn't work, don't worry. In case Darpa's plan somehow goes horribly awry, they're also tossing in a last-resort, genetically-coded kill switch."
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The Christian Science Monitor – New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush started the fashion among college football players of writing messages on their eye black patches, using the iconic “619†configuration to celebrate his San Diego area code while he was at the University of Southern California.
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Just as normalcy is returning to Jos and environs after religious crisis in Plateau State, the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) and a mosque at the Government Science Secondary School in Gombe were yesterday torched by youths.
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Zenit.org ).- Benedict XVI repeatedly affirms there is no conflict between faith and science. This month, he will be praying that all scholars and intellectuals will come to know God through their sea…
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HERMENEUTICS is the science of interpreting sacred Scriptures correctly. Principles misapplied lead to a faulty interpretation. George Irvines column in My Weekend, January 23, Using the Bible to teach different values, poignantly illustrates the error
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A growing number of science students on British campuses and in sixth form colleges are challenging the theory of evolution and arguing that Darwin was wrong. Some are being failed in university exams because they quote sayings from the Bible or Qur’an as scientific fact and at one sixth form college in London most biology students are now thought to be creationists.
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(author unknown) Bible, College, Darwin, Evolution, Science, University
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SEATTLE – “Darwin’s attempt to explain the origins of all the magnificent species in the living world in terms of the struggle for survival is easily the dumbest idea ever taken seriously by science,” writes Dr. Granville Sewell in his new book In the Beginning and Other Essays on Intelligent Design published by Discovery Institute Press.
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RIVERVIEW – Kat Heckenbach grew up in Riverview and graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Tampa. A self-proclaimed science and math geek, she discovered a passion for writing while attending East Bay High,
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LucidBeast tips a mind-bending report at New Scientist on the latest paradigm-breaking work of Carl Woese, one of whose earlier discoveries was the third branch of life on Earth, the Archaea. Woese and physicist Nigel Goldenfeld argue that, even in its sophisticated modern form, Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection applies only to a recent phase of life on Earth. Woese and Goldenfeld believe that horizontal evolution led to the rise of the genetic code itself. "At the root of this idea is overwhelming recent evidence for horizontal gene transfer — in which organisms acquire genetic material 'horizontally' from other organisms around them, rather than vertically from their parents or ancestors. The donor organisms may not even be the same species. This mechanism is already known to play a huge role in the evolution of microbial genomes, but its consequences have hardly been explored. According to Woese and Goldenfeld, they are profound, and horizontal gene transfer alters the evolutionary process itself."
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kdawson Darwin, Evolution, Science
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The mood among pro-lifers who were in town for the annual March for Life on Friday was ebullient and optimistic, owing to the failure of the Senate’s health-care reform bill, which opponents said expanded federally subsidized abortion and included no conscience protections.
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From a long-sealed cave tomb, archaeologists have excavated the only known Jesus-era burial shroud in Jerusalem, a new study says.
The discovery adds to evidence that the controversial Shroud of Turin did not wrap the body of Christ, researchers say.
What’s more, the remains of the man wrapped in the shroud are said to hold DNA evidence of leprosy—the earliest known case of the disease.
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(author unknown) Health, Jesus, Science, Shroud of Turin
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LONDON (UCAN) — Two European religious rights organizations have branded North Korea the world’s worst persecutor of Christians.
A third has named Robert Park, the Korean-American Christian activist arrested for entering North Korea illegally, a prisoner of conscience and has appealed to people to write protest letters to the North Korean embassy in London.
Park, 28, walked [...]
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Vern Barnet ("McClatchy Newspapers," January 15, 2010)
Kansas City, USA – The science fiction movie "Avatar" borrows themes from many religions.
More importantly, it poses a great question of faith.
Of the many borrowed themes, here are two.
The word "avatar" comes from Hinduism and literally means "a descent." An avatar is a god descending into a human form as a partial manifestation of the divine.
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Abortion has become a live issue in the Jan. 19 special U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts. While both candidates generally support permissive abortion law, controversy has centered upon pro-life conscience protections, partial-birth abortion and the place of abortion in the health care bill, reports Catholic News Agency.
State Sen. Scott Brown, a Republican, is running against Democrat Martha Coakley, the state Attorney General.
According to Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Brown oppos… >>
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(author unknown) Abortion, Catholic, Health, Pro-Life, Science
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Scientists have discovered the earliest known Hebrew writing – an inscription dating from the 10th century B.C., during the period of King David’s reign. The breakthrough could mean that portions of the Bible were written centuries earlier than
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Boston, Mass., Jan 14, 2010 / 06:04 am (CNA).- Abortion has become a live issue in the Jan. 19 special U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts. While both candidates generally support permissive abortion law, controversy has centered upon pro-life conscience protections, partial-birth abortion and the place of abortion in the health care bill.
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(author unknown) Abortion, Catholic, Health, Pro-Life, Science
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The Amish, as well as some other religious sects, are covered by a “religious conscience” exemption, which allows people with religious objections to insurance to opt out of the mandate. It is in both the House and Senate versions of the bill, making its appearance in the final version routine unless there are last-minute objections.
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