Category: Science
About Those Amazon Reviews of Darwin’s Doubt
Those negative reviews that actually review parts of the book focus repeatedly on Stephen Meyer’s presumed error in claiming that the Cambrian event poses a problem.
Incremental Indispensability Revisited
A common rebuttal to the argument for intelligent design from irreducible complexity is the hypothesis of incremental indispensability. The phrase was coined, I believe, by William Dembski.
Setting the Record Straight about Guillermo Gonzalez’s Denial of Tenure by Iowa State University
The real reasons Gonzalez did not get tenure at ISU were simple: discrimination and intolerance.
To Hover, Hummingbirds Use Precision Feather Control
Stars of the new Illustra film Flight: The Genius of Birds, hummingbirds have yet another trick up their wings: changing the shape of the wing throughout each brief flap.
To Go Along with the Flight Premiere in Seattle, a Very Cool Bonus
The Museum of Flight will be giving those in attendance free access to the Personal Courage Wing, complete with 18 and 10 exhibits respectively of World War I and World War II fighter aircraft.