Pandas Thumb contributors Andrea Bottaro, Matt Inlay, and Nick Matzke have a new article in Nature Immunology. As summarized, "Immunology had an unexpected and decisive part in challenging the claims of 'Intelligent Design' proponents at the US trial on the teaching of evolution in public schools in Dover, Pennsylvania." Andrea, Nick, and Matt fill in the details. (And for those of you who don't have access to Nature Immunology, as always, I'm happy to email you a .pdf...just drop me a line).
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One of the highlights of the Dover trial was the takedown of Michael Behe that occurred on Day 12, where Behe testified that "the scientific literature has no detailed testable answers on how the immune system could have arisen by random mutation and natural selection" only to be shown such liter
In about a month Im going to be speaking at the Texas Freethought Convention.
I can talk about anything.
Which means I dont know what to talk about.
In this NY Times article on parents who are opting out of vaccinations, one mom notes her objections:
LOL!
Former blag-brother Kevin, along some friends from Harvard, have an independent website set up for educating the public about immunology:
Emmunity.org
I'd love a copy...
Me too!
Me too! and thank you...
Put me on the list too!
Thanks.
Wait a minute guys, don't we have to pony up something? I mean this is going to cost Tara some scratch. Right?
GE
GE says:
Is it? I did not know that. Certainly I for one wouldn't want to take advantage of her generosity. Since I have access to a good med school university library, maybe the best course of action for me would be to check out the hard-copy edition.
Dave,
I don't actually know if it costs anything. I'm just somewhat skittish about presuming.
GE
Don't worry--no cost to me. It's available through our library here.
I'd like a copy too, please.