Fresh Wallaby Juice » evolution

“Secular Saints”

Wallaby — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:20:08 +0000

Their banner ad caught my eye. Not too many do, but the headline “Science nerd? Us too” made the difference. “Pay respects to all of your favorite scientists with our new line of Secular Saints products, including devotional candles and posters!” Devotional candles. With pictures of scientists, those “secular saints,” on them. Like St. Darwin [...]

Freedom for both sides

Wallaby — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:44:24 +0000

“Critics say that if the bill is passed administrators will not be able to discipline teachers who deviate from the

Past or present?

Wallaby — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:33:02 +0000

One of the odder ideas associated with evolutionary theory is the notion that it should be used to direct and inform

Evolutionary Theorist Inspired by Wells

Wallaby — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:25:03 +0000

Human Species ‘May Split in Two’, says Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics. On the one hand, this

“The acceptance of evolution”

Wallaby — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:39:37 +0000

It is disturbing to think that (according to the New York Times) only around 50% of Americans have embraced the truth of

Natural history

Wallaby — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:00:58 +0000

This grew out of a discussion at The Art of Teaching Science. My reply was getting to be rather long so I moved it here

Butterflies: teams and fallacies

Wallaby — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:39:02 +0000

It’s always nice when the much-needed proof of evolution turns out to be both beautiful and so simple that even a chemist can understand it. In this particular case, it seems that there’s a species of butterfly, or rather two closely-related species, that live near each other. They look a lot alike (even to each [...]

Holy war, not reasoned debate

Wallaby — Sat, 14 May 2005 18:38:22 +0000

The latest C&E News has an article on a recent meeting in DC (the 30th AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy). Most of the article was about how the evil federal government is cutting (or not increasing) funding to NSF, DOE, and other federal agencies for basic research. (Predictably, the AAAS thinks basic research [...]

Dino-brand tissues, twice as soft!

Wallaby — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:09:58 +0000

For those who haven’t seen it yet, apparently they’ve found out that dinosaur bones (most notably a T. rex) may contain soft tissue: Removal of the mineral phase reveals transparent, flexible, hollow blood vessels containing small round microstructures that can be expressed from the vessels into solution. Some regions of the demineralized bone matrix are [...]

Monday links

Wallaby — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 21:49:27 +0000

Separate but not unrelated links on … Evolution – “When you have patched a tire too many times, you

Having ears, they hear not

Wallaby — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 03:09:53 +0000

Alan Leshner (president of the AAAS) writes in Science (Oct. 8 2004) about the recent reports that the US is losing its global preeminence in science “production”: The United States should not be wasting energy right now on the question of its global scientific dominance. A far more fundamental issue is clouding the future. Both [...]