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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
September 8, 2013

Categories
extinction
News}

Rapid evolution of asexual species … toward extinction

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September 8, 2013

extinction, News

2}

Perhaps further study will show that the spread of asexuality is a common cause of extinction of susceptible species. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
September 8, 2013

Categories
Intelligent Design
Media
News
Off Topic}

A plea for engineers to take back the Internet

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September 8, 2013

Intelligent Design, Media, News, Off Topic

1}

Security expert: I have resisted saying this up to now, and I am saddened to say it, but the US has proved to be an unethical steward of the internet. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
September 8, 2013

Categories
Cosmology
News
Religion}

CalTech cosmologist says “God is not a good theory”

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September 8, 2013

Cosmology, News, Religion

1}

Incidentally, Sean Carroll also published a piece on this topic at Uncommon Descent in 2011: “No God Needed” CalTech physicist responds to Uncommon Descent’s questions. Guy gets around. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
September 8, 2013

Categories
News
Religion
Science}

How science made one software guy lose his religion

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September 8, 2013

News, Religion, Science

2}

He apparently discovered natural selection, and had a very different experience from the software engineer featured here discussing convergent evolution (not natural selection) in software. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
September 8, 2013

Categories
Creationism
Media
News}

Science writer who admits to doubting mindless evolution theories interviewed on CBC

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September 8, 2013

Creationism, Media, News

1}

In 2010, Heffernan had written that “ScienceBlogs has become preoccupied with trivia, name-calling and saber rattling. Maybe that’s why the ScienceBlogs ship started to sink.” So she was already beginning to think critically. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
September 7, 2013

Categories
Epigenetics
News}

More on “Epigenetics making Darwin’s followers uncomfortable”

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September 7, 2013

Epigenetics, News

2}

Pennisi notes in closing that “And, [Christina] Richards adds, ‘people are really stubborn about accepting that that’s possible.’” Which is pretty much what was advertised and it certainly accords with our experience here. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
September 7, 2013

Categories
Books of interest
Cambrian explosion
Intelligent Design
News}

David Warren finds the tone of Steve Meyer’s Darwin’s Doubt “wearying”

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September 7, 2013

Books of interest, Cambrian explosion, Intelligent Design, News

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Warren: This new book shows the impossibility of that “Cambrian explosion” – in which an astounding variety of incredibly sophisticated “body plans,” including apparent precursors of all we know today, emerged during a singularly quick snip of geological time, all over the planet, starting around 525 million years ago. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett

Date
September 6, 2013

Categories
News}

Popular Mechanics: 5 Ways to Become a Citizen Scientist

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September 6, 2013

News

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I have long been a big fan of amateurs participating in science. Here is a great article from Popular Mechanics about how people can get started doing just that.

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
September 6, 2013

Categories
Cell biology
News
Video}

Fri nite frite: HIV virus infects host (vid)

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September 6, 2013

Cell biology, News, Video

1}

Yes, that’s NIH's Francis Collins introducing the speaker. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
September 6, 2013

Categories
Cambrian explosion
Intelligent Design
News}

Progress notes: Larry Moran won’t noview Steve Meyer’s book …

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September 6, 2013

Cambrian explosion, Intelligent Design, News

2}

Well, that’s an improvement on the practice of others, for sure. That is, he has read it but won’t review it, rather than reviewing what he hasn’t read (a practice we here call noviewing). Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
September 6, 2013

Categories
Darwinism
Epigenetics
News}

Epigenetics making Darwin’s followers uncomfortable?

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September 6, 2013

Darwinism, Epigenetics, News

2}

How revealing that so many people who claim to live by evidence swallow special pleading so eagerly, and are uncomfortable with the reality of evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
September 6, 2013

Categories
Genomics
News}

James Shapiro: Genome is a read-write system, not a read-only system

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September 6, 2013

Genomics, News

2}

Shapiro: This conceptual change to active cell inscriptions controlling RW genome functions has profound implications for all areas of the life sciences. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
September 6, 2013

Categories
News
Philosophy
Science}

Scientism 2001: “Scientists have an intrinsic bias …”

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September 6, 2013

News, Philosophy, Science

3}

Actually, today we can say it in two words: Steve Pinker. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
September 5, 2013

Categories
Education
News}

New at The Best Schools

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September 5, 2013

Education, News

2}

Enjoy! Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
September 5, 2013

Categories
Cosmology
News}

New Scientist pop sci mag has apparently rid the world of the space brain threat

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September 5, 2013

Cosmology, News

1}

Pay only if you get off on this stuff. Some of us wonder when serious science gets a turn at the pode. Read More ›