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Evolution Named Scientific Achievement of 2005

Posted by Zonk on from the science-wins dept.

lazy_hp writes "The BBC reports that research into evolution's inner working has been named rtop science achievement of 2005 From the article: 'The prestigious US journal Science publishes its top 10 list of major endeavours at the end of each year. The number one spot was awarded jointly to several studies that illuminated the intricate workings of evolution. The announcement comes in the same week that a US court banned the teaching of intelligent design in classrooms.'"

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  1. Re:And the winner for 2006 is... by SmallOak · · Score: 5, Interesting

    the ancient greeks did for sure. And the dimentions they gave was pretty close.
    In fact during the middle ages most people I understand thought it round as well.

    The middle-eastern view seems to be that it was flat.
    http://sol.sci.uop.edu/~jfalward/ThreeTieredUniver se.htm /it's elephants all the way down