Category: Evolution
Give Me That Old-Time Pareidolia
Seeing faces that aren’t there is supposed to be a by-product of the evolutionary need to recognize real faces, distinguishing friends from enemies.
Imagine How It Happened! "Evolution Presents" the Ribosome, "Nature’s Masterpiece"
Adding complex modules to a complex machine does not make it evolutionary.
Yale Law School Professor Says Evolution Doubts Cannot Be Attributed to Ignorance
“There are many ways to assess the quality of instruction that U.S. students receive in science. But what fraction of them say they ‘believe’ in evolution is not one of them.”
Neanderthal Man: The Long-Lost Relative Turns Up Again, This Time with Documents
Obviously, each new find will change the picture of Neanderthal communities a bit, but there is no consistent evidence for them as an “other species.”
If Nature’s Designs Weren’t So Good, Engineers Wouldn’t Be Rushing to Imitate Them
From cells to seeds to humans, there’s no organism that is escaping the envy of bioengineers.