Pharyngula
Do the creationist shuffle and twist!
Posted by PZ Myers on June 18, 2013 Don’t you hate it when you get up in the morning and the first thing you read on the internet is that the news that your entire career has been a waste of time, your whole field of study has collapsed, and you’re going to have to rethink your entire future? Happens to me all…
Mary’s Monday Metazoan: It’s a jelly day
Posted by PZ Myers on June 18, 2013 (via Larry Linton)
The KEY to understanding Genesis!
Posted by PZ Myers on June 16, 2013 Daniel Friedmann has found it! It’s the scaling factor that lets you convert the ‘days’ of God in the book of Genesis into human years. This is reported with total credulity in the Toronto Star. Let’s take the word “day.” In terms of the first six days, they’re “creation days,” which are different from just…
Friday Cephalopod: Chillin’, cephalopod style
Posted by PZ Myers on June 14, 2013 (via Debbie Merschen Harding)
The Supreme Court decision on patentable genomes
Posted by PZ Myers on June 14, 2013 I’m shocked. Just totally surprised. And it was unanimous — the Supreme Court determined that human genes cannot be patented. This is excellent news. Why is it a good decision? Because medical DNA analysis was turning into a patchwork of competing landgrabs. Sequencing technology is coming along so nicely that more and more diagnostic tools…
Botanical Wednesday: Da herb, mon
Posted by PZ Myers on June 13, 2013 (via Cannabis Culture)
Jonah Lehrer: he’s baaaaack
Posted by PZ Myers on June 11, 2013 Lehrer has landed a new book deal. This has sparked justifiable disgust: Maria Konnikova explains why. Lehrer is not the writer who simply made up a few Bob Dylan quotes and self-plagiarized (the way he’s portrayed in recent accounts of his latest book deal). He is the writer who got the science wrong, repeatedly, who…
Mary’s Monday Metazoan: GIANT CARNIVOROUS RIBBON WORMS
Posted by PZ Myers on June 11, 2013 These are awesome. I want a swarm for a pet. Upwards of 3 feet long and in some cases-as thick as a garden hose and have the texture of jello. There’s mucus. These things are crazy. Key words: EAT EVERYTHING. ALIVE or DEAD. These have been fed almost everything-and they eat what’s given them: fecal…
Friday Cephalopod: She belongs in a noir novel
Posted by PZ Myers on June 7, 2013 Title: “Leggy, Luscious, and Lethal.” (via Underwater World of Wonder)
Botanical Wednesday: Reminds me of tentacles…
Posted by PZ Myers on June 5, 2013 (via World’s most beautiful trees)