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Just when I was wondering why there hasn't been more mainstream coverage of the Jared Diamond/New Yorker lawsuit I blogged about at the beginning of this month, Columbia Journalism Review has an update. And in a recent article in Science, Diamond commented, saying "The complaint has no merit at all…
Following up on an excellent post she wrote earlier this month, Jessica Palmer at Bioephemera brings us an update on the lawsuit against Jared Diamond and The New Yorker. You may recall that this lawsuit alleges that a story written by Diamond and published in The New Yorker defamed its subject (…
Discover Magazine has an interesting article up discussing a perennial favorite: the fine-tuning of the universe for life. I got a bit nervous when I saw the title:
Science's Alternative to an Intelligent Creator: the Multiverse Theory
That makes it sound like scientists devised the multiverse…
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” -Albert Schweitzer
It was an action-packed week here at Starts With A Bang, where we took on all of the following:
How…
"..the world of science, specifically anthropology, which uses fieldwork and scientific methodology to study human cultures": oh, like Margaret Mead?
Interesting! Please type this for another topic. Regards to the author