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Astronomy

Hubble Space Telescope
Last Voyage for the Keeper of the Hubble
Astronauts John Grunsfeld, anchored on the robotic arm from the space shuttle Columbia, and Richard M. Linnehan working on the Hubble Space Telescope during a mission in 2002. John Grunsfeld was ...
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Repairing the amazing Hubble
Far away nebulae as seen by the Hubble space telescope. Shuttle lifts off on final repair mission to Hubble Reuters – Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on a mission to NASA’s Hubble ...

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Biology

Evolution
How Should Christians Make Sense of the Theory of Evolution?
In John Paul II’s message to the Pontifical Academy of Science on Evolution in 1996, he finely summed up the Roman Catholic Church’s stance on evolution, reaffirming the statement made by his ...
Evolutionary
Evolution and the law
A new paper by Brian Leiter and Michael Weisberg entitled “Why Evolutionary Biology Is (So Far) Irrelevant To Legal Regulation” argues that evolution does not provide the legal system ...

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Chemistry

Chemicals
Summer, Science, and surPRISE
It appears that I have not committed well to my blog, and given that on a dreary, Cambridge Sunday I have a fair bit of personal time, I am going to highlight some of my thoughts, experiences, and ...
Lab
Life’s a Lab Challenge Week 1 – Conservation of Energy
Today is a super-special day, and it’s not just because my twin sister Jhilya and I turn the big 3-0 today…yikes!  Today marks the beginning of the Science Chicago Life’s a Lab ...

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General Science

Climate Change
Climate change is happening ‘here, now’: US report
  “We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost…”-Barak Obama, Inaugeration Day. Jan ...
Creationists
Evolutionists Versus Creationists: Who Has The Truth?
Evolutionists and creationists are at it again!Each claims to have the answer to the puzzle of creation. But does either represent true science or true religion? Evolutionary doctrine is deeply ...

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Physics

Atoms
Chemical Foundations: Elements, Atoms, and Ions
  The Elements To learn about the relative abundances of the elementsTo learn the names some elements115 different elements are known (this number changes as new elements are made in ...
Magnetic Field
Oceans the Real Cause of Earth’s Magnetic Field?
Earth’s magnetic field, long thought to be generated by molten metals swirling around its core, may instead be produced by ocean currents, according to controversial new research published this ...

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