Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
…and this is a pharyngula stage embryo.
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The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Evolution of sensory signaling
Why are flounder funny-looking?
Ancient rules for Bilaterian development
Deep homologies in the pharyngeal arches
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August 31, 2008
Category: Entertainment • Local
I'm down at this funky coffeehouse in Fargo, the Red Raven, watching Roy Zimmerman set up. It's not too late, the show starts in a half hour, so you Dakotans better come on over! It's a nice cozy little venue,...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:25 PM • 23 Comments
Category: Politics
Michael Moore, in an interview with Keith Olbermann, joked that "This Gustav [the storm heading towards the Gulf Coast] is proof that there is a god in heaven". Yes, he was joking, and he was laughing, and we all know...
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:34 PM • 86 Comments
Category: Tangled Bank
OK, gang, I know we're on a shorter than normal interval here, but still — you haven't been submitting enough stuff for the Tangled Bank. Write a science post right now and send a link to me. You can...
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:08 PM • 10 Comments
Category: Entertainment • Local
Shortly, I'll be heading north to the lovely town of Fargo for an evening of fine entertainment. Roy Zimmerman will be playing at the Red Raven Espresso Parlor at 8pm! Come on down! If there any other Pharynguloids in the...
Posted by PZ Myers at 3:45 PM • 13 Comments
Category: Weirdness
As Orac says, the latest Jack Chick tract is pretty loony. Did you know that if you're a good Christian you can fend off vampires easily?...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:06 PM • 115 Comments
Whenever you hear someone defend an action with the excuse that “it is our custom,” “it is traditional,” “we've always done it that way,” “it is written so in our sacred texts,” or variants thereof, slap ’em down and spit...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:52 AM • 166 Comments
Category: Creationism
Some Christian schnook visited a museum, read a sign, and complained to the museum. So what did the museum do? An information sign, which is part of Abington Park Museum's display about Charles Darwin and fossils, was covered up after...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:26 AM • 66 Comments
Category: Humor
You can prove anything with mock-logic....
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:49 AM • 59 Comments
Category: Godlessness
Once again, Atheists Talk radio will be broadcast from the Minnesota State Fair at 9am Sunday. This week, they're going to explain what humanism is....
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:36 AM • 5 Comments
August 30, 2008
Category: Politics
My state is practicing anti-democratic, anti-liberty tyranny right now. Protesters here in Minneapolis have been targeted by a series of highly intimidating, sweeping police raids across the city, involving teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with semi-automatic weapons drawn,...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:38 PM • 317 Comments
Category:
Everyone must read this article about ‘Joel's Army’ and be afraid. It's a movement by radical Dominionists to build an informal paramilitary organization (at this time, it seems to be more attitude than organization) to prepare to fight to...
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:26 PM • 235 Comments
Category: Carnivals
But egads, it's hard work keeping up with the Elizabethan chatter required of the job, all in a day's work putting down yet another pretentious eruption of elitist bastards. Most cruelly mock and rip and shred...
Posted by PZ Myers at 5:00 PM • 12 Comments
Category: Entertainment • Godlessness • Humor
You can watch it here. She did as well as she could, but whoa…this is a perfect example of how Stephen Colbert will tromp all over an interview for comic effect....
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:51 PM • 52 Comments
Category: Personal
It's some stranger!...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:19 PM • 57 Comments
Category: Development • Science
Wow…so have you heard about this result? One goal of regenerative medicine is to instructively convert adult cells into other cell types for tissue repair and regeneration. Although isolated examples of adult cell reprogramming are known, there is no...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:50 PM • 34 Comments
Category: Religion
Integrity Bank in Georgia decided to build their business model on Christian principles. Integrity's employees regularly prayed before meetings or in branch lobbies with customers, while the bank gave 10 percent of its net income to charities."We felt if we...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:17 AM • 67 Comments
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