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Science and humanism

Links to resources on science and humanism.

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	Global Rich List How rich are you? Chances are your wage are among the top 1-2% in the world...	81
	Lexin - Swedish-English dictionary The Institute for Language and Folklore Swedish-English, English-Swedish dictionary.	104
	Swedish - a brief presentation Swedish is a fascinating and expressive language. It is also a melodic language, admittedly difficult to pronounce like a native because of its characteristic sing-song rhythm, but otherwise not more complicated to learn than English.	92
	Swedex - examinations in Swedish as a foreign language Learn Swedish...	105
	Folkuniversitetet -- Swedish courses At Folkuniversitetet courses are offered to both groups and individuals in Swedish as a foreign language at all levels from beginner to advanced.	93
	Sweden map and map of Sweden information page Some information on Sweden, if you'd want to go there...	89
	One-way trip into black hole takes 200,000 years	114
	Astronomers detect light of the first stars A faint glow from the first stars formed after the Big Bang has been detected. The cluster of stars, known as Population III, is believed to have been formed about 100 million years after the dawn of the Universe 13.7 billion years ago, astronomers f	113
	String Theory Proof is Near Could two lookalike galaxies, barely a whisker apart in the night sky, herald a revolution in our understanding of fundamental physics? Some physicists believe that the two galaxies are the same - its image has been split into two, they maintain, by	128
	NOVA \| The Elegant Universe \| Watch the Program \| PBS Watch The Elegant Universe (3 hours)	101
	Sleep deprivation - Better Health Channel Sleep is as important to the human body as food and water, but most of us don’t get enough sleep. Insufficient sleep or disruptions to the sleep-wake cycle (such as those that occur with shift work or travelling to a different time zone) cause t	94
	Sleep Deprivation Can Hinder Sports Performance Logic would say that getting enough sleep is important for optimal sports performance, but until now there wasn't much evidence to support this theory. Now researchers have started to accumulate such scientific evidence. Some studies have found that	135
	The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Brain and Behavior This paper reflects the research and thoughts of a student at the time the paper was written for a course at Bryn Mawr College. Like other materials on Serendip, it is not intended to be "authoritative" but rather to help others further develop their	105
	Effects of Partial and Total Sleep Deprivation On Driving Performance During the period 1989 - 1993, there were an estimated 56,000 crashes annually on U.S. highways in which driver drowsiness/fatigue was cited on the Police Accident Report (PAR) (Knipling and Wang, 1994). During the same five-year period, drowsiness/f	100
	Flower names in English, French and Latin Flower names and some meanings added to them that fits better in the emythology apartment but it's at least a list of Latin flower names...	104
	Snowflakes ands Snow crystals They look almost machine made... and almost like they are in plastic... wonder if that's because of cultural/technical context? :D	76
	evolution: science and belief - Intelligent Design? Three proponents of Intelligent Design (ID) present their views of design in the natural world. Each view is immediately followed by a response from a proponent of evolution (EVO). The report, printed in its entirety, opens with an introduction by N	103
	Butterfly shows evolution at work Scientists say they have seen one of the fastest evolutionary changes ever observed in a species of butterfly.	165
	Water found on extrasolar planet For the first time ever, water has been conclusively identified in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system.	171
	Intelligent Design Theory: Why it Matters	100
	AAAS Board Resolution on Intelligent Design Theory AAAS Board opposes ID.	98
	Evolution: Divinely Controlled , The Islamic (Quranic ) point of view, Appendix 31 of the Authorized English translation of the Quran by Dr. Rashad Khalifa: Not that this link really fits in here, but it's part of the creationism discussion, and it's probably best to keep it among good counter arguments...	89
	Understanding Evolution Berkeley information on evolution	80
	The Potential for Communication with the intelligent, social dolphins of the ocean On dolphins and language	97
	Introduction of Cetaceans- Dolphins An introduction to dolphins...	106
	Pale blue dot A wikipedia article about earth as seen from Voyager.	91
	Reflections on a Mote of Dust Carl Sagan reflects on our planet's place in the universe.	105