Year: 2017
Cool Insect Tricks — Think Before You Swat
The whole earth relies on the abilities of insects, and they are well equipped for the beneficial functions they perform.
But Why Do Biology Textbooks Retain Discredited Evolutionary Icons?
The “experts” who swoop in to assure schools that their textbooks are in no need of fixing present a psychological puzzle.
Thanks for the Memory
Protein chemist Doug Axe responds in characteristically incisive fashion to a typical silly instance of science reporting.
The Challenge to Evolution from Abortion
The whole point of “fitness,” in an evolutionary context, is reproduction. One has higher “fitness” if one can have more offspring.
The Pursuit of Veritas
As the new school year begins, a group of Ivy League educators (among them, Robert P. George) urge college students to “think for yourself.”