Month: January 2015
On the Origin of Life, Salon Says "Creationists" Are Running Scared Due to "Brilliant New Science"
Headline writers for Salon have a fondness for attributing extreme states of mind to Darwin skeptics.
More Complexity by Subtraction: The Case of the Gecko
Subtract an innovation and evolution takes off running. Just ask the non-adhesive geckos.
Postscript on the Barnes & Noble Mis-shelving Mystery
This could be the definitive proof that Karl Marx was wrong that capital shapes consciousness.
As the Mis-shelving Follies Continue, Here’s a Challenge for the Corporate Team at Barnes & Noble
As someone who worked for three years at B&N shortly after graduating from college, I know a bit about the inner workings of a chain bookstore.
Bill Nye, Nicholas Wade, and the Origin of Human Color Vision
Recently in the Wall Street Journal, science writer Nicholas Wade contributed a review of Bill Nye’s new book, Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation.