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In parts of Montana, salt concentrations in soil water, have reached those double those of seawater.
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The Anasazi did manage to construct in stone the largest and tallest buildings erected in North America until the Chicago steel girder…
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Some people have much more pull than other people. But when I say that the public has ultimate responsibility, I'm not saying…
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Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there…
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Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of…
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Today Charles Darwin is best known for establishing the fact of evolution and for recognizing the major role of natural selection in…
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Recent discoveries about apes suggest, however, that a gorilla or common chimp stands at least as good a chance being murdered as…
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In contrast [to trees and fish], oil, metals, and coal are not renewable; they don't reproduce, sprout, or have sex to produce…
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Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior…
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To prevent discussion of any other explanations of human origins is hardly what I would expect from open-minded educators.
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In evolution, as in all areas of science, our knowledge is incomplete. But the entire success of the scientific enterprise has depended…
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Emotions are wild horses. It is not explanations that carry us forward, but our will to go on.
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