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Archive for November, 2009

MEDomics Seeks a CEO After Identifying a Large Life Sciences Corporate Co-Investor

Monday, November 30th, 2009

MEDomics NextGen sequencing-based tests for Mitochondrial Diseases To Tap Multi-Billion Dollar Potential Market. (PRWeb Nov 30, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3272484.htm

On the origin of gods: The evolution of religion

Monday, November 30th, 2009

In The Faith Instinct, Nicholas Wade argues that in early human societies religion evolved as the best solution to lawlessness and warfare

Fresh claim for fossil life in Mars rock

Friday, November 27th, 2009

The 1996 claim that a meteorite contains microbe fossils from Mars has been boosted by the rejection of a non-biological explanation for the minerals

“Lucy, Darwin and Me”, an Installation by Michele Guieu at Art Produce Gallery

Friday, November 27th, 2009

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publishing of On the Origin of Species, Michele Guieu puts together a show, “Lucy, Darwin and Me,” that celebrates our origins and biodiversity, ...

Ecological speciation by sexual selection on good genes

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

(Santa Fe Institute) Darwin suggested that the action of natural selection can produce new species, but 150 years after the publication of "On the Origin of Species" debate continues on the mechanisms of speciation. New research finds sexual selection to greatly enlarge the scope for adaptive speciation by triggering ...

Rare Darwin Book Found in Toilet

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

A first edition of Charles Darwin's seminal "The Origin of Species" will be sold this week after it was found in a family's toilet in southern Britain, an auction house said Sunday.

Plea to find lost Darwin notes crucial to theory of evolution

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

English Heritage launch an appeal to trace Charles Darwin's missing Galapagos notebook.

Harris Stratex Networks’ Harald Braun Named International Telecom CEO of the Year 2009

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Stratex Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSTX), a leading provider of wireless solutions that enable the evolution of next-generation fixed and mobile broadband networks, today announced president and CEO Harald Braun has been awarded the prestigious title of International Telecom CEO of the ...

Ad Shop Injects Strategic, Creative Thinking With Cultural, Social Anthropology

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

NEW YORK, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move designed to inject the agency's strategic and creative thinking with a shot of authenticity, insight and analysis, Adrenalina, a leading multicultural advertising and marketing agency that is part of the MDC Partners network, announced today the creation of the Adrenalina Human ...

Today on New Scientist: 23 November 2009

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: how violence shaped the night sky, why we should put human self-interest first when we think about climate change, and an exclusive interview with Charles Darwin