Category: Evolution
The Little Bird that Could
As geolocators get smaller and lighter, they yield more amazing discoveries from the world of animal migration. A small bird sets a new record for its size.
What Could Be More Appropriate on Easter? Jerry Coyne Challenges Francis Collins on Metaphysics
The Principle of Sufficient Reason states that everything in nature has a sufficient reason for its existence and for its properties.
On Science, Passivity or Independence? A Conversation that Needs to Happen Among Conservatives
Are you or are you not allowed to think for yourself and draw your own conclusions? Does doing so violate norms of intellectual hygiene?
Haeckel’s Fraudulent Embryo Drawings Are Still Present in Biology Textbooks — Here’s a List
Since the 19th century these illustrations have been used to support the hypothesis of universal common ancestry.
Evolutionary Conundrum: Is Religion a Useful, Useless, or Harmful Adaptation?
These theories about religion have two things in common.