Category: Science
Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Biogeographical Distribution
When the biogeographical data does not fit with the predictions and expectations of common descent, one always has “oceanic dispersal” at the ready to serve as an ad hoc fudge factor — including the rather remarkable claim that monkeys made it across the Atlantic from Africa to South America!
My Back Hurts Therefore It Wasn’t Designed
How cruel of the Designer not to have taken Hugh Hefner’s plan for a fulfilling life as a model.
Metamorphosis, the Physical Book, Materializes
To really, really appreciate the gorgeous photos and savor the important and insightful essays by scientists and historians you could do worse than to pick up the physical book.
Stylus‘s Evolutionary Simulation Aims to Bridge Gap Between Real World and Artificial
Stylus manipulates digital objects that have real-world meaning: the targets of evolution in Stylus are Chinese characters.
Junk-of-the-Gaps Argument Shrinks Again
Another prominent paper has continued this trend of pushing defenders of junk DNA into yet smaller gaps in the genome.