Tuesday, December 01, 2009

A Conservative Walks Away

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Those of you who lean to the right may be familiar with a blogger by the name of Charles Johnson. He writes the blog Little Green Footballs...
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Monday, November 30, 2009

Russians Reject Evolution in Numbers Similar to U.S.

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Meanwhile, over in Russia, Interfax-Religion reports that over 40% of Russians polled support creationism. The author writes: In particula...

Royal Society Supports Teaching of Evolution in Public Schools

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The Royal Society issued a short press release supporting the teaching of evolution in public schools in England. It reads: " We are ...
Thursday, November 26, 2009

Todd Wood and the Problem of Cognitive Dissonance

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Todd Wood is a creationist, and has a blog where he comments on science and religion. He seems to have grasped the meaning of evolutionary ...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The History of Natural Selection

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James Costa writes an article for BioScience in which he traces the history of how Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace made the conclu...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

There is Deeper Meaning Here

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The Age is reporting that a rare, first printing of Charles Darwin's On the Origins of Species has been found in a collection of books ...
Monday, November 23, 2009

Dayton, Tennessee: Ground Zero

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Allen Abel, of Canwest News Service has written an article about the Scopes trial in Dayton, Tennessee. Such is the media climate surround...
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How Did the Mammoths Die Off?

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The Los Angeles Times has an article by John Johnson Jr. about why the woolly mammoths died out. He writes: To track the population of lar...
Friday, November 20, 2009

More on H. floresiensis from the Independent.

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Here is an article from the Independent that sheds more light on the whole speciation question: Professor [William ] Jungers suggested that...
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Homo floresiensis: Not Homo

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Peter Brown, the discoverer of the "Hobbit" (don't know about you but I just hate that name) is now arguing that the species d...

Crocodiles From Hell

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Yahoo News has a story originating from Agence France Press about new crocodile fossils that have been discovered in the Sahara Desert. The...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

You Can Never Go Back Home

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ScienceDaily has a report of research from the University of Oregon in which it has been shown that evolution is a one-way trip. The author...
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Muslims Rejecting Evolution

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Ruth Gledhill, the religion correspondent for the Times Online writes an article examining current Muslim attitudes toward evolution. She ...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Steve Dutch Is Mad

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Steve Dutch, professor of natural and applied sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, has written a column for the Green Bay Pre...
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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Dennis Sewell and the Abuse of Darwinism

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Someone else has noticed Dennis Sewell's book. Simon Underdown of the Guardian writes a review that is not too kind. First, he correct...
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Saturday, November 14, 2009

The Dividing Line?

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Peter Lindsay has written an op-ed for the Atlanta Constitution-Journal in which he tackles the confluence of evolution and religion. He w...
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Friday, November 13, 2009

Of Evolution and Population Migration

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An article by Riazat Butt in the Guardian relays an interview with Michael Reiss who, if you will recall , was the Director of Education at...
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Charles Darwin, Social Darwinism and Columbine

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Dennis Sewell has an article for Times Online about the link between Darwin and the recent spate of high school massacres. He writes: In Am...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Of Asteroid Impacts, Oxygen and Early Life Models

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Sid Perkins of Science News writes that The Sudbury Meteor impact may have had a much more marked effect on our planet than first thought. ...

New Dinosaur Find the Bridge Between Bipedal and Quadrupedal Forms?

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The Daily Mail has an article by Emily Miller on the discovery, in South Africa, of Aardonyx celestae , a dinosaur that may bridge the gap ...
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