science + religion today
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Feb 19, 2010
What Texas Thinks of Evolution
According to a poll conducted by the University of Texas and The Texas Tribune, 30 percent of people in the state believe that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time, and more than half—51 percent—don’t believe that “human beings, as we know them today, developed […]
Movie made by chimpanzees to be broadcast on television
By Matt Walker, Editor, Earth News
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There were far worse movies than THE OSCAR, but those films did not require an all-star cast to be horrible. I suggest you rent this epic because it will keep you in stitches. Certain bad movies transcend their mediocrity to rise to […]
Mutually-Beneficial Animal Relationships
Huffington Post
First Posted: 01- 4-10 07:48 AM | Updated: 01- 4-10 07:52 AM
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Images: Most are via Huffington Post and marked at bottom right. (Ant suitcase) mcli.dist.maricopa.edu; (barber smock) triangle.kudzu.com (Scope bottle) petrasoap.com;
That’s bad, but it could be worse…
“Bull Durham County Debt Collectors Accused of Buffaloing”
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This is the photograph which accompanied the article.
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Image: adult female Bagheera kiplingi eats Beltian body harvested from ant-acacia / R. L. Curry
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Image: (macrame) farm4.static.flickr.com; (earth shoes) via unicyclist.com; (headband & tie dye) afunvampire.com via images.buycostumes.com;
These stories sometimes prove to be too syrupy for words; so I re-interpreted the photograph.
I had decided that I wouldn’t post it because it was a bit strange.
Then I read a story which easily trumped my cartoon with a shovel full of reality.
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Euclid woman, 75, charged in fatal beating of fawn
Posted by Jeff Piorkowski […]
What I saw…
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Image: (bear) via myopera.com; (paper hat) esnarf.com; (man) 3.bp.blogspot.com via feeathon.com; (deli) via paulsfinest.com
The story.
By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:34 AM on 22nd June 2009
Dinosaurs
may not have been as monstrously big as scientists and Hollywood film directors would have us believe.
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I have included the Daily Mail’s headline because its inventiveness is worth a […]
Kitten dropped, discovered in Boston city mailbox
AP
Tue Jun 16, 9:19 pm ET
BOSTON – Officials said a two-pound, eight-week-old kitten was dropped in a public mailbox in Boston and later found unharmed among envelopes and packages. According to the MSPCA Animal Care and Adoption Center, the kitten they’re calling “Postina” likely was stuffed Friday through a […]