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Submission + - Evolution under fire in Russian schools

Submitted by sdriver on Thursday December 14, 2006 @03:54AM

sdriver writes: If you thought it was only the US giving Darwin a hard time, Russia has its own problems starting with evolution. A student has "sued the St. Petersburg city education committee, claiming the 10th-grade biology textbook used at the Cervantes Gymnasium was offensive to believers and that teachers should offer an alternative to Darwin's famous theory." The court held hearings today.

Submission + - Fish work as anti-terror agents

Submitted by sdriver on Tuesday September 19, 2006 @03:27AM

sdriver writes: San Francisco's bluegills went to work about a month ago, guarding the drinking water of more than 1 million people from substances such as cyanide, diesel fuel, mercury and pesticides. "There's no known manmade sensor that can do the same job as the bluegill." The New York City Department of Environmental Protection reported at least one instance in which the system caught a toxin before it made it into the water supply.

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