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	<title>Ocellated &#187; Evolution</title>
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		<title>Homozygotes find Jesus, Heterozygotes Play Hopscotch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve been extremely busy the last few weeks trying to get everything wrapped by the deadlines that always come with the end of the semester. I just completed working on a paper for Molecular Biology about cystic fibrosis. Before I go any further, let me define just a few genetic concepts using the analogy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2007/05/01/homozygotes-find-jesus/</link>
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		<title>Getting Back in the Swing of Things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been too long, hasn&#8217;t it? I&#8217;ve got friends asking me to write again, friends that are hilariously cajoling me into writing again, and absolute nutjobs that leave the craziest comments on old posts.
This latter comment is especially hilarious for it&#8217;s illiterate ramblings against evolution, repetition of the belief that no one is required to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2007/03/29/getting-back-in-the-swing-of-things/</link>
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		<title>A Quick Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those still reading Ocellated, sorry for the lack of blogging goodness lately. Grad school has officially consumed my life, and I love it.
This week shows absolutely no signs of letting up either. A test today (bird orders of the world - which I&#8217;ll ace) and one tomorrow (advanced genetics &#8212; I&#8217;ll be beaten and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/10/16/a-quick-update/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Not Dead Yet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; as the famous line from Monty Python goes.
Though I&#8217;ve recently felt close. I survived a test on Monday, with another one this afternoon.
In addition, tonight I start a 5 week series in the university class at church on the evolution / religion issue, and I&#8217;ve been spending a lot of time getting that prepared.
Here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/10/04/im-not-dead-yet/</link>
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		<title>A Beautiful Controversy on &#8220;Hobbits&#8221; and Science</title>
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Liang Bua 1&#8217;s asymmetrical skull
In 2004, scientists announced the discovery of a new species of small hominid which lived on the island of Flores (Indonesia), which they dubbed Homo floresiensis. The media, ever the bastions of scientific truth and accuracy, immediately popularized the discovery by calling H. floresiensis hobbits.
Recently however, a debate has flared up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/08/23/a-beautiful-controversy-on-hobbits-and-science/</link>
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		<title>The United States &#8212; Smarter than Turkey.Dumber than Slovenia, Estonia, and Latvia.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A study reported by National Geographic News places the U.S. near the very end of a shameful list.

Yes, only Turkey rejects evolution more than the United States.
The reasons are what you&#8217;d expect &#8212; religion &#8212; but even I was surprised by the low percentage. Only 14% of U.S. adults thought that evolution was &#8220;definitely true.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/08/11/the-united-states-smarter-than-turkeydumber-than-slovenia-estonia-and-latvia/</link>
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		<title>Things I Should Have Blogged About Last Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my week long break, there were a bunch of things that I should have blogged about. Hardly having the time to cover any of them in depth, I&#8217;ll simply include a list with some links for your perusal.

Perhaps the biggest story I missed in my week off was Kansas. The state board of education [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/08/10/shouldve-blogged-about/</link>
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		<title>Neandertal Genome Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those that haven&#8217;t heard yet, a project to sequence the Neadertal genome has been announced. The company doing it has a very nice press release available with a set of resources on the project. They also have a nice brief background (pdf format) on Neandertals. 
What I found so amazing about this whole project [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/07/24/neandertal-genome-project/</link>
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		<title>Finding Darwin&#8217;s God &#8212; Review</title>
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Purchase at Amazon

Just before I came back from thesis work, I finished up Finding Darwin&#8217;s God, by Ken Miller. Miller is a biochemist at Brown University who&#8217;s coauthored the Prentice Hall biology textbook used by roughly a third of U.S. high school and college students. He&#8217;s also a tireless defender of science education and widely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/07/18/finding-darwins-god-review/</link>
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		<title>John Derbyshire Whoops Up On George Gilder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, George Gilder &#8212; one of the founders of the Discovery Institute &#8212; wrote a piece called Evolution and Me for the print edition of National Review. (It&#8217;s online at the Discovery Institute though).
Yesterday in a shockingly violent manner, John Derbyshire (also at the National Review) was caught mercilessly pummeling Gilder&#8217;s piece beyond [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/07/14/john-derbyshire-whoops-up-on-george-gilder/</link>
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