Category: Science
Put Some of This on That Wound, Honey
The antiseptic properties of natural honey are getting more attention as antibiotic-resistant bacteria proliferate.
New Abiogenesis Series: James Tour Strikes Back
Delightful — a hapless critic snarked that chemist James Tour’s detonation of theories of abiogenesis were off-base because Tour believes in Jesus.
Human Orphan Genes — Interesting YouTube Talk Tonight by Nathan Lents
A couple of years ago, Professor Lents became fascinated by orphan genes, and went looking for them in the human genome.
Frederick Douglass, Champion Abolitionist and Former Slave, on Evolutionary Racism
One wonders what kind of address Douglass would give on Darwin Day — falling tomorrow, February 12 — amidst Black History Month.
Jonathan Wells: Scientific Revolutions and Counter-Revolutions
Thomas Kuhn argued from the history of science that reigning scientific paradigms do not give way gently and rationally before new and conflicting evidence.