Check out my update to yesterday’s post. Thanks to your collective hive mind, and Abercrombie Fitch in particular…
Originally published December 31, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.
Author: Lori Jia
I’ve been reading some new blogs, and thought I’d share a few of them–
Culture Dish by science writer Rebecca Skloot, just moved to scienceblogs.com
monkey’s uncle by Stanford anthropologist James Holland Jones.
Sex, Drugs, and Rockin’ Venom by Brian Fry, who studies the evolution of snake venom. I wrote two pieces for the New York Times about Fry (here and here). But reading his blog, I feel like I’m just getting to know him.
These, and many more, are listed in the blog roll. Anybody reading any particular good new blogs about science?
Ah, the things you learn from creationists…
If you’ve ever read about intelligent design (a k a “the progeny of creationism”), you’ve probably encountered their favorite buzz words, “irreducible complexity.” If you take a piece out of a complex biological system (like the cascade of blood-clotting proteins) and it fails to work, this is taken as evidence that the system could not have evolved. After all, without all the pieces in place, it couldn’t work.
Continue reading “Oh No! I’ve Seen the Impossible! My Eyes!”
In August I spoke at the Chautauqua Institution as part of their celebration of Darwin and Linnaeus. I posted the written version of my talk back then, but I’ve just received the audio recording and thought some folks might prefer listening to it instead. I actually prefer it too, because whenever I give talks, I look at what I’ve written and revise it as I talk. You can listen to the talk right here on the handy Odeo player I’ve embedded at the bottom of the post. Or you can download it to listen offline.
Originally published December 22, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.
Nicole write: “I got it 6 years ago when I was a freshman in college, starting a double major in physics and astronomy. I was drawn to the colorful and artistic interpretation of a binary star. Maybe one day I’ll find the film picture of when it was first taken. Today I’m a grad student in astronomy, contemplating a second tattoo!”
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Originally published December 22, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.