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Lost penguins get Brazil air lift
By Gary Duffy
BBC News.com,
Oct. 4, 2008
Good news for penguins, how can you not smile??


Diagramming Sarah: Can Palin's sentences stand up to a grammarian?
By Kitty Burns Florey
Slate.com, Oct. 1, 2008
Spoiler alert -- NO!!


What’s the Healthiest Diet of All?
By Peter Libby, M.D.
NYTimes.com,
October 3, 2008
Spoiler alert -- Mediterranean


Strippers, Armadillos Inspire Ig Nobel Winners
NYTimes.com, October 2, 2008
Coca Cola as spermicide? Read on.


Bone Fragment Might Not ID Fossett
By Brandon Keim
Wired.com,
October 03, 2008
Forensic anthropology to the rescue!


Beyond Hysterectomy: Alternative Options for Heavy Bleeding
By CAROLYN SAYRE
NYTimes.com, Oct 2, 2008
1 in 5 women over 35 have this?! Who knew.


The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists
by Bruce Schneier
Wired.com,
October 2, 2008
This is news? Really, everyone should have to take at least 1 Anthro class.


Star Trek Writers Brace for Impact
By Hugh Hart
Wired.com, October 02, 2008
Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait!


The dumbing down of the GOP: Why aren't more conservatives disgusted that their party nominated a person devoid of qualifications for the vice presidency (again)?
By Joe Conason
Salon.com, Oct. 4, 2008


How Sarah Palin blew it
by Joan Walsh
Salon.com, October 3, 2008


Egalitarian Revolution In The Pleistocene?
ScienceDaily.com,
Oct. 3, 2008

Religion Makes People Helpful And Generous -- Under Certain Conditions
ScienceDaily.com, Oct. 3, 2008

Dian Fossey's Gorillas Exhumed for Investigation
By Stefan Lovgren
National Geographic News.com,
September 24, 2008
When I first read this I thought "hey, that's grave robbing!" Kinda ironic, eh??


Polygamy left its mark on the human genome
by Ewen Callaway
NewScientist.com, 26 September 2008
Maybe the Mormons were on to something...