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Strange Bedfellows? Evangelicals and Scientists Join Forces on Climate This year, two seemingly disparate groups — scientists and evangelical Christians — joined together to sign a statement calling for the government to take urgent action to mitigate global warming. Nicole Branan |
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Controversy in the Cradle of Humankind Some of Kenya’s religious leaders are objecting to the display of human evolution in Kenya’s national museums, much to the chagrin of scientists studying hominin fossils in the so-called cradle of human evolution. Kathryn Hansen Intersection of Beliefs Print Exclusive |
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Seismologist Brian Tucker
GEOMEDIA
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BENCHMARKS
September 30, 1882: Nation’s first hydroelectric power plant opens Print Exclusive
TRENDS & INNOVATIONS
Earth in Real Time Print Exclusive
If a mountainside collapses in the middle of the remote Alps and nobody records it, does it still happen? Of course it does, and researchers are on the path to determine how to predict such events.
Carolyn Gramling
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Taking Science for a Ride
Rutgers University has taken a new approach to getting kids excited about science — they’re bringing the science, via a big bus equipped with a plasma screen TV and cool experiments, to the kids.
Erin Wayman
Energy: Don’t Blame China for High Oil Prices
Despite a public discussion to the contrary, China is not to blame for high energy prices in the United States and across the world. The United States is as much to blame as anyone.
Michael E. Webber
A POLITICAL COMMENT ON...
Water: Our Most Valuable Commodity Gains Congressional Attention
The House passed the Water Resources Development Act in August and the Senate is set to pass it this month. But is it enough to save our nation’s water?
Linda Rowan
GEOLOGIC COLUMN
A License to Practice Geology
Thirty states offer a license to practice geology. Does yours? If you work as a geologist, getting licensed might be worth your while.
William J. Siok
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