evolution Archive

  • A Special Introduction to a Special Introduction

    A Special Introduction to a Special Introduction

    Because I get weird compulsions sometimes, I have gone through Ray Comfort's "Special Introduction" to the free copies of Darwin's "Origin of Species" that are being distributed for free by evangelical Christian groups on university campuses around the world.

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  • Lying for Jesus

    Lying for Jesus

    Free-book receiver beware: that free copy of Origin of Species is practically a Chick tract.

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  • What’s got two wings and a corkscrew penis? This guy!

    What’s got two wings and a corkscrew penis? This guy!

    A fascinating article about sexual-conflict evolution in ducks.

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  • Lie-Bot

    Lie-Bot

    An interesting find by Science Blogs. Basically, a bunch of robots were programmed to work together in finding a resource and avoiding a “poison”. They would wander around looking for the resource, and when they found it, they were initially programmed to turn on their...

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  • Don’t Rob the Baby

    Don’t Rob the Baby

    Smug little bastard. According to The Times, it’s worth keeping a photo of a baby in your wallet. When faced with the photograph of the baby people were far more likely to send the wallet back, the study found. In fact, only one in ten...

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