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There are many examples of words that mean different things depending on whether they’re used in a casual or common manner, or whether they’re used in a scientific manner. The word theory, for example, is often used as a synonym for guess or hunch in common usage, and in everyday talk, this is usually perfectly [...]
Awesome post a couple of days ago over at Starts With A Bang. It’s titled, “How Could We Affect The Earth?“, and it details in layman’s terms what exactly we’re talking about here. It’s said that there are lies, damned lies, and statistics, but there is no arguing with simple numbers that undeniably show we [...]
I have looked forward to this day for a long time, perhaps all my life. A politician has entered the highest office in the land, and he’s articulate, visionary and highly intelligent. Who woulda thunk it? We have had smart presidents in my lifetime before, and even articulate presidents (Bill Clinton comes to mind). But [...]
150 years ago today, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace introduced the world to the theory of evolution by means of natural selection. Today, it is one of the most important findings in science and serves as the foundation of modern biology.
July 1, 1858: Darwin and Wallace shift the paradigm
The importance of their contribution cannot [...]
Sad news from Congo, and getting worse:
Gorillas’ protectors besieged in Congo
During three months last fall, militiamen wielding AK-47s also slaughtered thousands of hippos in Lake Edward, whose waters for a while turned red from the blood. In that instance, rangers believe, the slaughter was for money, the meat from one hippo fetching $300 on the [...]