Tag: trees
Stocking Stuffers: Smart Squirrels, DNA Origami, and More
Here’s a collection of short news items of interest from the animal and human worlds.
Examining Critiques of Theistic Evolution, a Year After the Volume’s Publication
Attacks by Christian theistic evolutionists have often followed the same patterns as those of their secular colleagues.
No, Trees Are Not People Too
Novelist Barbara Kingsolver seriously asserts, in her review of a novel in which trees are characters, that they are people too.
Claiming “Person” Status, the Colorado River Sues
The river’s lawyer and an environmental group win friendly coverage from the New York Times.
Steve Jobs’s Last Words
Lots of people are comfortable with idea that the universe is pregnant with transcendent meaning — but only so long as that idea is expressed inarticulately.