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June 12, 2009
Volume 5, Issue 24
Published by the Center For Atheism (CFA)
Editor: David Birnkrant
The Focus provides links to articles collected from major newspapers and magazines, and is emailed weekly.
This Week in Atheism is a cable show that discusses the articles featured below, every Wednesday at 6:30 PM (EST), Manhattan Cable station 57.
Live streaming is available at: http://www.mnn.org.
Comments, suggestions and subscription:
info@centerforatheism.org.
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FEATURED ARTICLES
Evolution Can Occur in Less Than Ten Years
UC Riverside - Riverside,CA,USA
How fast can evolution take place? In just a few years, according to a new study on guppies led by UC Riverside's Swanne Gordon, a graduate student in ...
http://newsroom.ucr.edu/news_item.html?action=page&id=2119
ATHEISM
Atheist cleaners could sue Christian care homes over crucifixes ...
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Church care homes could be forced to remove crucifixes from their walls in case they offend "atheist cleaners" under the new Equality Bill, Catholic bishops ..
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/5477281/Atheist-cleaners-could-sue-Christian-care-homes-over-crucifixes-warn-bishops.html
The Latest Trend for Atheists --- Debaptism
DigitalJournal.com - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
what more could the everyday atheist ask for? Debaptism it is. A new badge of honor has been introduced for Atheists in the United Kingdom and it is called ...
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/273823
Group won't appeal ruling on churches in Detroit cleanup
Detroit Free Press - United States
The atheist organization lost most of its case on the local level, and two weeks ago, the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out its appeal entirely. ...
http://www.freep.com/article/20090611/BUSINESS06/90611059/Group+won+t+appeal+ruling+on+churches+in+cleanup
BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUBE
Clip From Religulous
For those who haven't seen it, here's a little taste...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YkVtgD2R8M
EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D.
Irving ISD trustee says despite personal beliefs, she won't push ...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
That view comes at an interesting time in the evolution debate. The state Senate rejected Republican Don McLeroy's nomination to chairman of the State Board ...
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-irvboard_07met.ART0.Central.Edition1.50ee2d5html
Battle over evolution raises stakes on board
UT The Daily Texan - Austin,TX,USA
Wetherington said the controversy surrounding the ongoing debate between the teaching of creationism and evolution in Texas public schools is more political ...
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/top-stories/battle-over-evolution-raises-stakes-on-board-1.1760647
SCIENCE
Bats Recognize The Individual Voices Of Other Bats
ScienceDaily (June 6, 2009) — Bats can use the characteristics of other bats' voices to recognize each other, according to a study by researchers from the University of Tuebingen, Germany and the University of Applied Sciences in Konstanz, Germany The study explains how bats use echolocation for more than just spatial knowledge...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604222434.htm
How Humans Have Disrupted The Nitrogen Cycle
ScienceDaily (June 5, 2009) — More and more, scientists are getting a better grip on the nitrogen cycle. They are learning about sources of nitrogen and how this element changes as it loops from the nonliving, such as the atmosphere, soil or water, to the living, whether plants or animals. Scientists have determined that humans are disrupting the nitrogen cycle by altering the amount of nitrogen that is stored in the biosphere...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604144322.htm
New Radar Improves Defense Of Earth's Technologies Against Threat Of Space Weather
ScienceDaily (June 4, 2009) — University of Leicester researchers have taken a step forward in helping to create a defence for earth’s technologies – from the constant threat of space weather...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090603091258.htm
Women May Not Be So Picky After All About Choosing A Mate
ScienceDaily (June 4, 2009) — Men and women may not be from two different planets after all when it comes to choosiness in mate selection, according to new research from Northwestern University...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090603101406.htm
Theorists Reveal Path To True Muonium -- Never-seen Atom
ScienceDaily (June 4, 2009) — True muonium, a long-theorized but never-seen atom, might be observed in future experiments, thanks to recent theoretical work by researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Arizona State University. True muonium was first theorized more than 50 years ago, but until now no one had uncovered an unambiguous method by which it could be created and observed...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090529112609.htm
When Hosts Go Extinct, What Happens To Their Parasites?
ScienceDaily (June 4, 2009) — Hands wring and teeth gnash over the loss of endangered species like the panda or the polar bear. But what happens to the parasites hosted by endangered species? And although most people would side with the panda over the parasite, which group should we worry about more...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601151225.htm
Saturn's Moon Titan: Cassini Finds Titan's Clouds Hang On To Summer
ScienceDaily (June 4, 2009) — Cloud chasers studying Saturn's moon Titan say its clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion....
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090603181402.htm
SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE
Atheists Praise Removal of Ten Commandments in Oklahoma
Opposing Views - Los Angeles,CA,USA
By Americans United American United for Separation of Church and State today praised a federal appeals court for striking down a government display of the ...
http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/news-atheists-praise-removal-of-ten-commandments-in-oklahoma-r-1244506231
Sussex has prayer policy in hand
Cape Gazette - Lewes,DE,USA
Even as the controversy over separation of church and state circles around them, council members continue to begin each meeting with the Lord's Prayer led ...
http://www.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/200906/sussexprayer09.html
ACLU wants La. to ban creationism in public schools
Daily Comet - Thibodaux,LA,USA
In its comment, the ACLU complained the board in January rejected language specifically forbidding the teaching of creation science and intelligent design ...
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20090610/ARTICLES/906109883/1212?Title=ACLU-wants-La-to-ban-creationism-in-public-schools-
MISCELLANEOUS
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