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Scientists hold out hope that Galapagos tortoise Lonesome George will reproduce
L.A. UnleashedWill Lonesome George ever become a dad? Scientists are still hoping to mate the near century-old giant tortoise from the Galapagos -- even though efforts over the last two decades have failed. The Galapagos National Park said in a statement...... -
Churches celebrate Darwin’s birth on “Evolution Weekend”
The Religion WorldHundreds of churches celebrate the birth of Charles Darwin on “Evolution Weekend” Feb. 11-13. While opinion polls show Americans evenly divided over Darwin's theory of evolution, a number of religious scholars contend there is no real conflict... -
"The Danger Box" by Blue Balliett
!["The Danger Box"](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-10/56586366-08082841-187105.jpg ""The Danger Box\"")
Special to the Chicago Tribune"The Danger Box" By Blue Balliett Scholastic, $16.99, 320 pages (ages 9-12) "Every book is a box of ideas. /Every book that shares secrets is a Danger Box." And thus author Blue Balliett launches our exploration into the world of Zoomy Chamberlain, a...Tags: Nearsightedness, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago Tribune
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66-Year-Old Wyoming Man Arrested for Sexual Assaults of Eight-year Old
News ReporterPolice in Wyoming have arrested a 66-year-old man on allegations he has committed numerous sexual assaults of a preteen victim. Charles Darwin Runion was picked up on Wednesday and faces numerous charges, including two counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Wyoming, Crimes, Sexual Assault, Assault
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Earth to Tim Flannery: Thank you
![The 1985 celebrity-studded charity ditty written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie had a simple title and refrain: "We Are the World." The line, it now turns out, is more than just a song lyric. It's a scientific truth.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-04/60573225-08131956-187105.JPG "The 1985 celebrity-studded charity ditty written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie had a simple title and refrain: "We Are the World.\" The line, it now turns out, is more than just a song lyric. It's a scientific truth.")
The 1985 celebrity-studded charity ditty written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie had a simple title and refrain: "We Are the World." The line, it now turns out, is more than just a song lyric. It's a scientific truth.
As Tim Flannery demonstrates in...Tags: Michael Jackson, Conservation, History (tv network), Science and Technology, Global Change
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Deborah Harkness' 'A Discovery of Witches' started with airport bookstores
Special to the Los Angeles TimesSometimes inspiration comes in the unlikeliest places. While vacationing in Puerto Vallarta in fall 2008, USC professor Deborah Harkness, a historian of science, was consumed with the upcoming bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth, but the rest of the...Tags: California, Fantasy (genre), Travel, Science and Technology, Book
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Summer family travel from A to T
Summertime and traveling can be easy -- but for families there are special considerations. Are itineraries and lodgings comfortable? Before we started a family, many of us hiked and backpacked through Europe or Asia, eating on the go and sleeping in...Tags: Family, Ice Cream, Family Vacations, Universal Studios Orlando, Princess Cruises
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Book review: 'Seeing Further,' edited by Bill Bryson
Special to the Los Angeles TimesSeeing Further The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society Edited by Bill Bryson William Morrow: 506 pp., $35 There are about 1,400 people currently entitled to tack on "F.R.S." to the end of their names, possibly the world'...Tags: Human Interest, Ceremonies, Society, Science and Technology, Book
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Sounding Off: More than 300 job applications and counting
Editor's note: This is the first of two parts. The latest description of the employment challenged is the term "in transition." According to the Advanced English Dictionary, "transition" means, "A change from one place or state or subject or stage to...Tags: Defense, Technology, Armed Forces, Employment Opportunities, Health
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Blue Balliett switches setting but not adventure in 'The Danger Box'
![When Blue Balliett burst onto the tween literary scene with her first action-packed intellectual art mystery six years ago, it was, in every sense, a puzzler. An unknown Chicago teacher had propelled herself to the top of the country's bestseller lists with "Chasing Vermeer," a tall tale crafted from the disparate, and not especially child-friendly, subjects of a 17th century Dutch painting, an ancient Greek puzzle game, a wrinkled old lady, a discarded library book and an art museum.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-09/56136659-14181137.jpg "When Blue Balliett burst onto the tween literary scene with her first action-packed intellectual art mystery six years ago, it was, in every sense, a puzzler. An unknown Chicago teacher had propelled herself to the top of the country's bestseller lists with "Chasing Vermeer,\" a tall tale crafted from the disparate, and not especially child-friendly, subjects of a 17th century Dutch painting, an ancient Greek puzzle game, a wrinkled old lady, a discarded library book and an art museum.")
Los Angeles TimesWhen Blue Balliett burst onto the tween literary scene with her first action-packed intellectual art mystery six years ago, it was, in every sense, a puzzler. An unknown Chicago teacher had propelled herself to the top of the country's bestseller lists...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Field Museum of Natural History, FBI, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Frank Lloyd Wright
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Aardman’s next project? Pirates!
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelThose Wallace & Gromit animators at Aardman have “Arthur Christmas” due out this November. But their next announced work is“The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists.” It's the first of a planned series of Aardman films based... -
'Creation'
Zap2ItIt's little problem for Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly to fill the roles of husband and wife on screen, since they also have that relationship in real life ... but the couple they play in this drama is notable. Bettany is cast as Charles Darwin, but...Tags: Documentary (genre), Movies, DVDs, Entertainment, Paul Bettany
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