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<title><![CDATA[Evo in the news: Happy 200th, Darwin!]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/090201_darwinday]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[This news brief celebrates Darwin's bicentennial by examining what we've learned about the evolution of the Galapagos finches since Darwin's time.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri,  6 Feb 2009 10:24:53 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Evo in the news: Tough conservation choices? Ask evolution]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/081201_phylogeneticconservation]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The earth is facing a biodiversity crisis. Nearly 50% of animal and plant species could disappear within our lifetime. To stem this rapid loss of biodiversity, we'll need to act quickly -- but where should we begin? This news brief explains how evolutionary history can help us set conservation priorities.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri,  6 Feb 2009 10:16:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Evo in the news: HIV's not-so-ancient history]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/081101_hivorigins]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[First described in 1981, HIV is a distinctly modern disease. But for how long before its discovery did HIV lurk unnoticed in human populations? This news brief describes new research offering insight into when (and how) HIV got its start.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri,  6 Feb 2009 10:12:13 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Evo in the news: Ghosts of epidemics past]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/081001_hivmalaria]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[HIV and malaria both constitute global health threats, respectively affecting more than 30 million and 200 million people worldwide. This news brief describes new research that reveals an unexpected evolutionary link between the two.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri,  6 Feb 2009 10:10:38 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Evo in the news: Evolution down under]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/080901_dftd]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[This news brief describes an unusual contagious cancer currently decimating Tasmanian devil populations. Learn about the fascinating interplay between the evolution of the devils and the evolution of the disease.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed,  3 Sep 2008 15:44:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Understanding Evolution in Turkish]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.evrimianlamak.org/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[This month, we are also pleased to announce the launch of a sister site: Understanding Evolution in Turkish!  This site is the result of a collaboration between Understanding Evolution and colleagues at the Biomedical Engineering Institute of Bogazici University in Istanbul.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon,  4 Aug 2008 12:01:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ 	 Evolution and the avian flu, updated]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/051115_birdflu]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Since we first published this report in November/December 2005, avian flu has faded from newspapers, though the pandemic itself still threatens.  We've updated the page with the current state of the bird flu threat.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon,  4 Aug 2008 12:00:16 -0700</pubDate>
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