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		<title>The Wisdom of (Non Scientific) Crowds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Astronomers, like scientists in many other fields, are turning in increasing numbers to "citizen scientists," members of the general public who often have zero formal training in science but who have a keen interest in a particular topic and show both a willingness and an aptitude to contribute.]]></description>
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		<title>All in the Hips</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Muro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The crashing of the enormous fluked tail on the surface of the ocean is a “calling card” of modern whales. Living whales have no back legs, and their front legs take the form of flippers that allow them to steer. Their special tails provide the powerful thrust necessary to move their huge bulk.]]></description>
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		<title>Stalking the Ghost Bird</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Muro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Dr. Michael Steinberg was 11, he was cutting through a coastal pine forest to go fishing while he and his parents were vacationing near Fort Meyers, Fla. As he was walking, he caught sight of three big woodpeckers, two of which seemed to be engaged in some kind of courtship ritual. ]]></description>
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		<title>Capturing Moundville&#8217;s Magic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Muro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A $3 million makeover of the Moundville Archaeological Park’s museum will allow display of its world-class Mississippian Indian artifacts in a manner befitting the site of one of the Top 100 tourist events in the United States and Canada.]]></description>
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		<title>Mighty, Mysterious Moundville</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 01:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Muro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-eight flat-topped earthen mounds, covered in grass, rise from the ground at the outskirts of Moundville, the small Alabama town that owes its name to their presence. The area's tranquility belies the bustling economic and ceremonial center this place, at one time the largest city north of Mexico, once was.
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		<title>Museum Excavates Alabama&#8217;s Frontier Boom Town</title>
		<link>http://research.ua.edu/2003/04/museum-excavates-alabamas-frontier-boom-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Muro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second consecutive summer, experts with UA's Alabama Museum of Natural History led an archaeological expedition of the state's first territorial capitol, Old St. Stephens in Washington County. They dug up new details about the boom town and how early Alabamians lived.]]></description>
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		<title>Final Clues</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Muro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each day when Dr. Keith Jacobi goes to his office and into his nearby laboratories, human skeletal remains surround him. And while The University of Alabama assistant professor of anthropology said he understands why some would find such a work setting disturbing, he does not.
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		<title>UA Museum Dig Unearths Rare, Native American Council House</title>
		<link>http://research.ua.edu/2001/07/ua-museum-dig-unearths-rare-native-american-council-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2001 15:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Muro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A University of Alabama Museum of Natural History archaeological team recently discovered the remains of a type of 15th-century Native American council house never before found in Alabama. ]]></description>
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