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Radford, Tim. 2011. The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins - review: A brilliant introduction to science for children. September 21. Manchester, England: The Guardian.

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Grant, P.R. and Grant, B. R. 2008. How and Why Species Multiply: The radiation of Darwin’s Finches. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Scientific American. 2006. Evolution: A Scientific American Reader. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Weiner, Jonathan. 1994. The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time. (Weiner follows the career of two biologists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, who have spent twenty years proving that Charles Darwin did not know the full strength of his theory of evolution). New York, NY: Vintage.

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Evolution: It does not mean random ... . 2013. Evolution: It does not mean random .... 1.cdn.tapcdn.com.

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Evolution: Education and Outreach

Eldredge, N., and G. Eldredge (editors-in-chief). 2010. Evolution: Education and Outreach. Springer.

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Adamala, Katarzyna, Fabrizio Anella, Rafal Wieczorek, Pasquale Stano, Cristiano Chiarabelli, Pier Luigi Luisi. 2014. [http://journals.sfu.ca/rncsb/index.php/csbj/article/view/csbj.201402004 Open questions in origin of life: experimental studies on the origin of nucleic acids and proteins with specific and functional sequences by a chemical synthetic biology approach]. Canada: journals.sfu.ca/rncsb/index.php/csbj/article/view/csbj.201402004.

bluefoxlucid. 2011. http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1458205/Cancer-Cured-By-HIV. August 11. science.slashdot.org/

Calopteryx. 2013. What Alfred Russel Wallace Really Thought About Darwin. January 27. science.slashdot.org.

chrb. 2011. Evolution Machine Accelerates Genetic Engineering. July 02. science.slashdot.org.

Coetsee, Marilie. 2006. Public Knowledge and Public Schools: The Need to Resecularize Evolution. Academia.edu

Dreifus, Claudia. 2012. Studying Evolution With an Eye on the Future. July 30. New York, NY: The New York Times.

For Texas Textbooks, a Victory For Evolution. 2011. For Texas Textbooks, a Victory For Evolution. July 24. politics.slashdot.org.

Manaugh, Geoff. 2011. ISLAND OF DARWINIAN MACHINES. August 11. bldgblog.blogspot.com

sciencehabit. 2012. Is Climate Change the New Evolution?. news.slashdot.org.

Soulskill. 2012. Ask Richard Dawkins About Evolution, Religion, and Science Education. October 18. interviews.slashdot.org

timothy. 2012. South Korea Will Revisit Plan To Nix Evolution References in Textbooks. July 8. science.slashdot.org/

Trafton, Anne. 2012. [Evolution: It’s all in how you splice it - MIT biologists find that alternative splicing of RNA rewires signaling in different tissues and may often contribute to species differences]. December 20. Cambridge, MA: MIT News Office.

Trafton, Anne. 2013. A worm's-eye view of immunity: Biology professor Dennis Kim seeks to understand the physiology and evolution of host-microbe interactions by studying a simple worm. August 12. Cambridge, MA: MIT News Office.

Turkey's Science Research Council Stops Publication of Evolution Books. 2013. Turkey's Science Research Council Stops Publication of Evolution Books. January 18. science.slashdot.org.

Winther, Rasmus Grønfeldt, Michael J. Wade, Christopher C. Dimond. 2013. Pluralism in evolutionary controversies: stylesand averaging strategies in hierarchical selection theories. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

Zandonella, Catherine. Evolution picks up hitchhikers. July 22. princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S37/45/09I59/index.xml.

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Science and Religion in the Classroom: Edwards v. Aguillard at 25. 2012. [http://www.law.stanford.edu/calendar/details/6114/%22Science%20and%20Religion%20in%20the%20Classroom%3A%20The%20Legacy%20of%20Edwards%20v.%20Aguilard%22/ Science and Religion in the Classroom: Edwards v. Aguillard at 25]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University.

de Waal, Frans. 2011. Frans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals. November. TED Talk.

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