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'''Core Readings'''

*Huang Twins. (2012). "The Scale of the Universe." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaGEjrADGPA Link] 5 mins
*AAAS. (1990). "Chapter 4. The Physical Setting." [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8dQDga7c8qYTEhYSzRiR29lOVk Link] 30 mins
*AAAS. (1990). "Chapter 5. The Living Environment." [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By0w-ttO7JmrYVAzak5JTkF3UG8/view?usp=sharing Link] 15 mins
*Curtis, Helena. (1983). "The Flow of Energy." ''Biology.'' pp. 157-164. [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By0w-ttO7JmrLTZtS1JiNlRwdUU/view?usp=sharing Link] 10 mins

'''Interest Readings'''
*Energy Flow Diagram [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By0w-ttO7JmrV3Z5T1E3UE9GaGM/view?usp=sharing Link] 5 mins
*USGS. (2014). "The Water Cycle." (review diagram). [http://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html Link] 5 mins
*Windows to the Universe. (2010). "Carbon Cycle." (review diagram). [http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/co2_cycle.html Link] 5 mins
*"A Timeline of Life's Evolution." ''Exploring Life's Origins.'' [http://exploringorigins.org/timeline.html Link] <5 mins
*''Wikipedia''. "Periodic Table." Read introduction. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table Link] 2 mins
*''Wikipedia''. "Geological History of Earth." Read Introduction. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geological_history_of_Earth Link]
*''Wikipedia''. "Timeline of the Evolutionary History of Life." Read introduction. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_evolutionary_history_of_life Link]
*''Wikipedia''. "Evolution." Read introduction. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution Link] 5 mins
*''Wikipedia''. "Second Law of Thermodynamics." Read introduction. [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8dQDga7c8qYbFJXMkswc1NWN2M Link] 1 min
*''Wikipedia''. "The Selfish Gene." (Read the highlights only, if you like). [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By0w-ttO7JmrWnNQb2t2ZnBuQTQ/view?usp=sharing Link] <5 mins
*''Wikipedia.'' "Carrying Capacity." (Read the highlighted text and whatever else you find of interest.) [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By0w-ttO7JmrbWk4NVo4NkFtelU/view?usp=sharing Link] 5 mins
*''Wikipedia''. "Outline of Knowledge." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Contents/Outline_of_knowledge Link] 
*''Wikipedia''. "Universe." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe Link] 
*''Wikipedia''. "Laws of Science." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_laws_in_science Link] 
*''Wikipedia''. "Earth." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth Link] 
*''Wikipedia''. "Ecology." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecology Link] 
*''Wikipedia''. "Human." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human Link] 
*Powers of Ten Video [http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/ Link]
*AAAS. (1990). "Chapter 6. The Human Organism." [http://www.project2061.org/publications/sfaa/online/chap6.htm Link]
*Wolchover, Natalie. (2014). "A New Physics Theory of Life." ''Scientific American, Quanta Magazine.''  [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-new-physics-theory-of-life/ Link] 10pp., 15 mins
Wolchover presents MIT researcher Jeremy England's ideas about how matter-energy spontaneously generates complexity in certain circumstances, and how this proclivity can be used to shed light on life's origins, and upon aspects of biological evolution less than fully explained by Darwinian natural selection. Links in this article to related research