Evolution, Life Sciences, Science Education, Human Evolution, and Stuff
My name is Greg Laden. You can find out about me here, contact me here, and for all the gory details, have a look at this...
March 31, 2008
Canada, land of the holier than thou. Hey, some of my best friends are Canadians, but really, most Canadians look down on Americans for being all the bad things that we truly are. So fine, we deserve it. But if you are a non-Canadian of...
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Category: Cosmos
Jennifer Gooch's mission was to create a simple Web site where people could go to find their lost gloves. Even if no happy reunions ever took place, she was just content to spread a little goodwill. But just a month since http://www.onecoldhand.com went live, the...
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Fall, a very sunny, very breezy day on the lake, Amanda and I sitting in the cabin minding our own business. Suddenly, ...thwack... ... well, it was a sort of tiny miniature thwack, but a thwack nonetheless. Peering outside through the window, we could see...
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March 30, 2008
How do you avoid having sex with your close relatives? Well, not you, specifically, but how is it done generally, or perhaps among mammals in particular?...
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Category: Other
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Category: Nature conservation
Power lines kill raptors. Tens of thousands of raptors a year die on power lines. But there are ways to avoid this. On 26 February, the Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society (MME; BirdLife in Hungary) signed an agreement with the Ministry of Environment and...
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March 29, 2008
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The question is basic: Is evolutionary change largely random or is it more often shaped by selective forces? The former is linked to what is called Neutral Theory, and it has a lot of support, to the extent that it most likely true. The latter...
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March 28, 2008
Category: Other
... below the fold....
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Category: Environment
The Earth Hour, that is! March 29th is Earth Hour Day. From 8pm to 8pm in your local time zone, you are to switch off the lights and stuff. A number of astronomers out for an early evening look at the stars will thank you,...
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