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    The Pluto Issue

    As it keeps coming up and derailing threads, I thought I'd make a seperate thread to discuss the issue here. Pluto, when discovered, was decreed to be the ninth planet in the solar system. As time went by and more and more objects were discovered in the solar system, it was quickly realised...
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    Bristol Homeopathic Hospital

    I've discovered that not only is there a homeopathic hospital near to where I live, but it's funded by the NHS. This makes me very angry, the NHS has much more important things to spend money on than magic sugar pills. Maybe as it's an election years I should start writing to political partys...
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    But is it useful?

    I ahve seen several posters on this forum advocate things like the past was different or there was age embedded into creation. The argument is, I belive that by ignoring the bible, our model of reality is wring becase we are misisng things like this. Let's ignore any flaws in the arguments...
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    Intelligent design in the UK

    Apparently a group called Truth in Science has been targeting UK schools with packs of resources on intelligent design. From the guardian: http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,1957858,00.html And also in El Reg: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/27/id_blighty/...
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    Interview with Tony Blair in New Scientist

    http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19225761.300-interview-tony-blair-on-science.html Found this quite an interesting interview. Tony Blair beign quizzed about science in this weeks New Scientist. I'm not sure how long the link will remain vaild - you need a login to search the...
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    Has anyone read this?

    This weeks New Scientist had a small article by Steve Fuller, reviewing The Language of God is by Francis S. Collins. I'm just wondering if anyone else had read it and could explain to me what his point was, because its the most rambling 700 words I've read in a magazine. He begins by saying...