Showing posts with label darwinian evolution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label darwinian evolution. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Microscopy

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 I took up a new hobby. I bought microscopes from ShopGoodwill.com and some prepared slides from Amazon. I was happy to be able to take some...
Monday, March 20, 2017

Of Watches and Beaches and Atheists

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I patronize the local atheist boutique to buy bumper stickers, pens, pencils, lapel pins, and badges. This one sat on my desk for a couple ...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

Before Darwin

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John Leonard Riddell (1807-1865) completed a bachelor's degree at Rensellaer Academy and was later granted a master's for his field...
Thursday, June 4, 2015

The Unremarkable Origin of Species

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The most surprising facts are (1) Darwin’s Origin of Species is still a lightning rod for religious fundamentalists and (2) in various loc...
Sunday, May 3, 2015

Evolution vs. God

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The premise is that Darwinian evolution is unproved and unprovable. It is accepted on faith, passed to students on the authority of profess...
Monday, February 17, 2014

Fossils and Behaviors

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Sub-adult American alligator  in Pearl River Delta, Mississippi.  Photo by Kristine Gingras  from the journal artlcle. Crocodile...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014

THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

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William Smith (1769 – 1839) drew the first geological maps of England . He was born into a culture that was certain that the world had been...
Sunday, December 1, 2013

Epigenetics

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It is not surprising that we share 98.9% of our genome with chimpanzees.  It is challenging to consider that we have about the same number ...
Saturday, October 27, 2012

Biohackers

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For most of the history of life sciences, major discoveries were made in labs less sophisticated than today’s kitchens … Laser meat thermom...
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

The Origin of ... (What?)

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Fertile hybrids demonstrate the limitations of strict Darwinian taxonomy.  According to the easy definitions, a species is a genetically dis...