The disturbing question posed by IQ tests - are chimps cleverer than us?
Could you be dumber than a chimp? That's not as daft a question as it once was. After all, science has proved that chimpanzees share 99 per cent of our DNA.
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My legend avatar Boris and UK creationism
Boris looks terrifying but friendly - one of those sort of 'is really happy and nice most of the time but if you spill his pint he will eat you' types. But of course he wouldn't do that, because he's a friendly creation-dinosaur and was a vegetarian and lived with humans frolicking in the Garden of Eden and just chillin generally. Until Eve ate the apple, introduced sin into the world, and made animals start eacting each other.
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Are prisoners embracing religion for better ‘conditions’
Meals specially prepared for religious inmates are usually better quality than standard fare, said Walter Taylor, a 32-year-old inmate in Monroe. He is a devout Muslim, but said he had to claim other faiths with the prison system in order to meet requirements in the Quran for the practice of Islam.
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Humans share lemur gaze tendency
Scientists studying the human tendency to follow the gaze of other people have found a link to the behaviour of lemurs, a distant primate relative.
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EDM 510: Pre-Stunning of Animals for Slaughter
The regulation of methods of slaughter of animals for food is predicated on a public policy of minimising the suffering of animals - slaughtering should be humane and cause the least suffering and pain possible.
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Sir Paul McCartney’s advice to the Dalai Lama
Sir Paul McCartney reveals this week in Prospect, the political magazine, that he once wrote to the Dalai Lama to criticise him for eating meat after the religious leader stated: “As Buddhists we believe in not causing any suffering to any sentient beings.”
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Petition to create a Bank Holiday on Charles Darwins Birthday (12th February)
Charles Darwin is a truly remarkable scientist. His research into, and writings on, evolution deserve to be honoured in some way. Making his birthday (12th February) would be a simple way of doing this.
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Tiny dinosaur on verge of swearing off meat
A rare juvenile skull of a 190 million-year-old dinosaur may help explain when an important group of plant eaters branched off from carnivorous cousins, U.S. and British researchers said on Thursday.
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All aboard the atheist bus campaign
It's real, it's happening: you can sponsor the first atheist advert on a bus – and Richard Dawkins will match your money.
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Ted Nugent: 'I'll be Paul McCartney's bodyguard'
The gun-totin', pro-hunting Republican has offered his services for Macca's forthcoming Israel gig. Then he'll buy him a 'nice dinner of tofu' (just in case this story wasn't weird enough).
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