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  The Discovery Institute promotes Intelligent Design Creationism and they are all agog over Stephen Meyer's new book, Signature in the ...

  Today's Botany Photo of the Day features Arabidopsis thaliana , also known as thale cress. Arabidopsis is a famous model organism 1 ...

NCSE is the National Center for Science and Education. This is the main American organization fighting against creationism. I am a member an...

John Wilkins said something in the comments on his blog [ On the need for grownups [Thoughts from Kansas] ] that I'd like to discuss. I...

Joshua Rosenau has fired another shot in the accommodationist war. As usual, he focuses more on rhetoric and mudslinging than on the logical...

  According to a press release from the University of Liverpool (UK), their scientists have revealed the driving force behind evolution . It...

  You can kill two birds with one stone by visiting Byte Size Biology and reading the posting on Highly Evolved . Hopefully you'll neve...

  Thanks to Ryan Gregory for alerting me to the latest issue of Carnival of Evolution [ Carnival of Evolution #21: The Superstar Edition ]....

  Canada won 26 medals at the 2010 Olympics while Australia won only 3 (and one of those was won by a Canadian!). Eat your heart out John Wi...

  GOLD!!!

  There's been an upsurge in talk about the fine tuning argument for the existence of God. This is a favorite of theists since they clai...

  My granddaughter is cheering for Canada.

Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini have just published a book called What Darwin Got Wrong . I haven't read the book but from t...

  Shocking news from England. The General Synod of the Church of England considered the question of science and religion. By an overwhelmin...

  This story has been posted on a number of blogs ( Skepchick , ERV , Pharyngula ) but it deserves even wider coverage. 1 Do you remember th...