Month: June 2015
Bobby Jindal and Louisiana’s "Creationist" Law
If I were Jindal and a reporter questioned me about my state’s “anti-science” education policy, here’s what I would say.
The Missing Factor in Paul Ehrlich’s Calculation of a "Sixth Great Mass Extinction"
Fossil extinction rates are smoothed over tens of millennia, whereas today’s extinction rates are spiky.
In Explaining Dylann Roof’s Inspiration, the Media Ignore Ties to Evolutionary Racism
It’s worth noting how certain ideas tend to hang together.
Associated Press Orders Media to Stop Using "Committed Suicide"
I believe that we are in the midst of a broad push, across different sectors of society, to make suicide more palatable and normalized.
Moths Defy the Possible
Following a moving target in near darkness: just one example of natural visual feats performed by the smallest animal brains.