Month: October 2011
Metamorphosis Debuts at Butterfly World, Florida
One butterfly enthusiast in attendance was heard to say, “Take even the most hardened scientist to see the butterflies in Mexico, and they will be moved to tears.”
William Lane Craig Gives Public Lecture Responding to Hawking Claims on the Universe and Its Origins
We thought that readers in England (and elsewhere too) would like to know that on Wednesday, October 19th, at 7:30 Dr. William Lane Craig will present a public lecture responding to Stephen Hawking’s claims in his 2010 book The Grand Design.
Discovery of “Oldest Fully Aquatic Whale” Fossil Throws a Major Bone into Whale Evolution Story
The whale’s tale may be 5 million years shorter than previously thought.
Evolving Metamorphosis: A Hopeless Task
Your job is to explain insect metamorphosis in evolutionary terms. What will you say? We can learn from the example of two geneticists who basically said the process is “evolutionarily conserved” — that is, not evolved!
American Eugenics on the Eve of Nazi Expansion: The Darwin Connection
Germany was not the only nation captivated by a plan to give Darwinian evolution a proactive “helping hand.”