Reconstructing Cambrian Food Webs
Category: Ecology
A walk-through of a recent PLoS paper that models food webs from the remains in the Burgess and Chengjiang Shales.
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A Link Between Dugongs and Elephants
Category: Animals
A comparison of carbon/oxygen isotope ratios from the tooth enamel of two early proboscideans, Moeritherium and Barytherium to other animals of the same era (circa 37 mya) revealed to researchers the possibility of a ancient, semi-aquatic animal, linking the speculated...
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Christians: The Founding Fathers of Antisemitism
Category: Ethics
I was going to write a bit about Antisemitism and evolution, but I see that Expelled Exposed, sponsored by the NCSE has already covered the bases. I'd like to underline, however, the importance of evolution as a biological concept....
Posted by Jeremy at 12:10 PM • 5 Comments •
To See Expelled or Not: How Religion Leads to Atheism, Not Evolution
Category: Religion
Expelled is opening up tomorrow and while they seem to be avoiding most cities in the Northeast with showings, Atlanta and the surrounding area will be, of course, a hotbed of ID back-patting and finger wagging. The film opens up...
Posted by Jeremy at 2:30 PM • 3 Comments •
Birdfeeders Disrupt Ecology, Natural Selection
Category: Animals
It has been claimed in the past that birdfeeders were bad for the environment, and now a couple of researchers are looking into published literature on whether or not birdfeeders significantly disrupt the ecology and future evolution of birds. The...
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Before Predation, the Sex Was Great
Category: Ecology
There's a neat study being published today in Science discussing the reproductive potential of ecological systems 570 mya. The findings are based on the new discovery of a "tube-like" organism (so say the PRs) called Funisia dorothea, which apparently was...
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How to Take an Interesting Paper and Make It a Snore Fest
Category: Journalism
It's quite simple really. Just leave out the details: The near extinction of the western barred bandicoot has led to the identification of a novel virus exhibiting characteristics of two ancient virus families. The western barred bandicoot (WWB), an Australian...
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Finding Little Cubists the Perfect Gift
Category: Art
Discussing art and evolution as they're taught to children.
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The Evolution of a Holiday Appetizer: The Blue Crab
Category: Animals
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science recently published an article discussing some progress in blue crab research and conservation, and mentioned a related report: The Chesapeake Bay blue crab population has stabilized, but at historically low levels according...
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WoW Taxonomy II: Ailurus
Category: Animals
How many Ailuruses are there in the World of Warcraft?
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