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Tuesday November 24, 2009 08:00-09:00 Breakfast 09:00-11:00 Symposium V: Taxonomy Chair: TBA 09:00-09:40 Mary Winsor (University o...

Monday November 23, 2009 09:00-11:00 Symposium III: Theistic Evolution Chair: Michael Bourgeois 09:00-09:40 Bernard Lightman (York Uni...

The conference on Origin of Species at 150 was sponsored by The Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology, The...

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life was published 150 y...

  I stole this from Bayblab It shows why Canadians like global warming. Canadian Tourism Federation Welcome Video from Canadian Tourism...

  The creature is the spirochete, Treponema pallidum . This bacteria causes syphilis. The Nobel Laureate is Julius Wagner-Jauregg who discov...

  PZ Myers and someone named Jerry Bergman debated the question; "Should Intelligent Design be Taught in The Schools?." Bergman sa...

The average human newborn has about 130 new mutations that were not found in either parent [ Mutation Rates ]. These mutations accumulate as...

  If the average rate of deleterious mutations is about 1 per individual per generation then the species can't survive. It means that mo...

  This is another one of those times when there's no "molecule" that provides a clue to a Nobel Laureate. Your task is to ide...

  Humans have always had a urge to cover their heads with various forms of headgear. There must be a hat gene in our genomes and it probably...

  Bill Maher has attempted to clarify his position on vaccination [ Vaccination: A Conversation Worth Having ]. His blog is a lot like his T...

  Ms Sandwalk just got an iPhone. She's thrilled by all the things it can do and I'm happy for her. However, most of the things an i...

  This is the runner-up in Discover magazine's "Evolution in Two Minutes" contest. It was selected by PZ Myers [ The Winner: ...

  Here's one of the submissions to Discovery Magazine's "Evolution in Two Minutes" contest. It's the one chosen by vi...