Month: February 2013
Cambrian Explosion, Set to Music
This is very cute, really quite excellent, a tribute to one of our favorite explosive radiations of biological information in the whole history of life.
Teaching the Evolution Controversy Is a Good Liberal Cause
Even if you’re a conservative on other issues, if you support academic freedom, it’s right and fair to call yourself a progressive.
Natural Selection’s Reach
A reader wrote us recently to ask why natural selection can’t extract enough information from the fitness landscape to explain complex features.
Our Darwin Day Gift to You: “C.S. Lewis and Evolution”
Now you can see the second of three short documentaries inspired by John West’s book The Magician’s Twin: C.S. Lewis on Science, Scientism, and Society.
State of the Union: An Academic Freedom Bill Roundup
So far this year, eleven bills addressing academic freedom in science education, and one bill inappropriately seeking to mandate intelligent design, have already been introduced in six states.