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Evolution is badly misunderstood by the vast majority of people. This week a fossil discovery seems to have confirmed what evolutionary biologists have been saying for years. But, it isn’t the “missing link” any more than Piltdown Man.

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The Rhine is a legendary river.

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We have all become accustomed to seeing those giant, silent wind turbines dominating the landscape; the Irish certainly have because they seem to be everywhere.

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If the speed of light is the same for all observers irrespective of their motion relative to the light source, then all other dimensions of time and space could not be absolute but must vary in relation to the motion of the observer and observed bodies. The measurements corresponded closely to the mechanistic Newtonian model of physics at lower speeds, but diverged sharply at high speeds.

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A mission that cost $1.3 million has already generated a wide variety of information about the sea floor. The German research vessel, Sonne, returned to Auckland with its New Zealand scientists after a three-week voyage that mapped a large under water volcano.