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CHALKBOARD: Writings by Mill Creek Elementary studentsThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 5:36PM

Save the planet. But maybe not right nowThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 4:26PMDoomsaying precludes the possibility of ingenious solutions – and indicates a morbid vanity that we must be the saviours Isn't it welcome to have Ian McEwan as an advocate for a little optimism in the climate change debate ? His hope, expressed in his new novel Solar , that humanity will prove ingenious enough to solve the problem through the skill of coming generations is a welcome change from ...

'Stroke of luck' led to life on EarthThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 3:42PM"It's an astonishing stroke of luck that we are here." That was the evolutionary message of author, biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins to a packed auditorium at the Christchurch Town Hall last night.

'Stroke of luck' led to life on EarthThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 3:42PM"It's an astonishing stroke of luck that we are here."

World's largest atom smasher near Geneva seeks discoveries into dark matter later this yearMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:31PMGENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher could generate its first scientific breakthrough later this year when operators hope to make discoveries into the elusive nature of dark matter, the director of the European Organization for Nuclear Research said Monday.

Today on New Scientist: 8 March 2010Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:29PMAll today's stories from newscientist.com at a glance, including: the future of interrogation, solving the mystery of the high-carbon ice age, and why a planet is like a toaster

Big Bang experiment may reveal dark universe: CERNMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:14PMDark matter, which scientists believe makes up 25 percent of the universe but whose existence has never been proven, could be detected by the giant particle collider at CERN, the research center's head said Monday.

Geneva Atom Smasher Seeks Dark Matter DiscoveriesMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:51AMThe Large Hadron Collider will be ramped up to operate at 7 trillion electron volts later this month.

Big Bang experiment may reveal dark universe: CERNMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:30AMGENEVA (Reuters) - Dark matter, which scientists believe makes up 25 percent of the universe but whose existence has never been proven, could be detected by the giant particle collider at CERN, the research centre's head said Monday.