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Belief in God 'childish,' Jews not chosen people: Einstein letter

May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 81 vote(s) | User comments: 19

Albert Einstein described belief in God as "childish superstition" and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this week, an auctioneer said Tuesday.


Britain releases batch of files on UFO sightings

May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 34 vote(s) | User comments: 3

(AP) -- The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official ...


Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens

May 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 32 vote(s) | User comments: 11

(AP) -- Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday.


Scientists are building database of bite marks

May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- It has sent innocent men to death row, given defense attorneys fits and splintered the scientific community. For a decade now, attorneys and even some forensic experts have ridiculed the use of bite marks to identify ...


A crash course in true political science

May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 26 vote(s) | User comments: 4

(AP) -- Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task - getting ...


Weddings boost Shark's fin consumption in Singapore: report

May 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Shark's fin consumption more than doubled in Singapore last year from 2006, with demand driven by an economic boom and an increase in wedding celebrations, a report said Saturday.


Retailers can use DNA tracing to track meat

May 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- Meat retailers can now trace their wares from the ranch to the refrigerator case using DNA analysis. IdentiGEN Ltd., based in Ireland with U.S. offices in Lawrence, Kan., said its DNA TraceBack technology ...


Firearms Microstamping Feasible but Variable, Study Finds

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 7

New technology to link cartridge cases to guns by engraving microscopic codes on the firing pin is feasible, but did not work equally well for all guns and ammunition tested in a pilot study by researchers from the forensic ...


Accounting practices ultimately affect global economy

May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

How much a particular hill of beans is worth may depend on who’s counting the beans. When it comes to accounting standards in the business world, every bean counts, but the quality of financial reporting differs from country ...


Israel Museum puts Dead Sea scroll on rare display

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week - more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. The 24-foot scroll with the text of the Bible's ...


Study: Only select group of property fund managers outperform market

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Only a small group of elite property fund managers are able to consistently lead their funds to gains greater than the market, according to new research co-authored by a professor at Penn State's Smeal College of Business.


Study looks at Arizona’s 'Megapolitan' future

May 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Two out of three Americans are expected to live in just 20 “megapolitan” areas in about 30 years, and one of these megapolitans – the Sun Corridor – is in Arizona.


Religion and the narrative of biological science

May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | User comments: 2

There exists much ethical controversy brought about by advances in biology and medicine and the relationship to religion. In a new essay in The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Laurie Zoloth takes an approach to ...


British colonial past no protection from corruption

May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Former British colonies are just as likely to suffer from bribery and sleaze as any other country according to an international study.


Women, minorities more prone to filing grievances

May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2

Many employees often do not file grievances even when presented with the opportunity to do so. A new study in Industrial Relations sought to assess the degree to which certain minority groups may be more or less prone ...


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