{"id":833,"date":"2008-12-29T06:59:16","date_gmt":"2008-12-29T11:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=833"},"modified":"2009-01-31T10:01:01","modified_gmt":"2009-01-31T15:01:01","slug":"new-scientists-top-10-evolution-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=833","title":{"rendered":"New Scientists’ top 10 evolution stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Scientist published a list of the magazine’s top 10 stories about evolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How trees changed the world
\nReclaiming the peppered moth for science
\nUncovering the evolution of the bacterial flagellum
\nEvolution: What missing link?
\nEvolution: 24 myths and misconceptions
\nRewriting Darwin: The new non-genetic inheritance
\nThe Ordivician: Life’s second big bang
\nVestigial organs: Remnants of evolution
\nViruses: The unsung heroes of evolution
\nFreedom from selection lets genes get creative<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Scientist published a list of the magazine’s top 10 stories about evolution. How trees changed the world Reclaiming the peppered moth for science Uncovering the evolution of the bacterial flagellum Evolution: What missing link? Evolution: 24 myths and misconceptions … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-dr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":881,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=881","url_meta":{"origin":833,"position":0},"title":"Evolution in the Miami Herald","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"February 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Miami Herald has a couple of stories about evolution. Evolution war still rages The Darwins' marriage of science, religion Meanwhile, in England yet another poll: public doubts evolution.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2376,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2376","url_meta":{"origin":833,"position":1},"title":"Boca Raton son and father sue over school’s alleged failure to teach evolution","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"December 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Two stories have popped up about a possible lawsuit against a Florida school district for not teaching evolution properly. 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