Tag: science
There’s a Gene for That…Or Is There?
A CNN headline claims, “Blame genetics for bad driving, study finds.” “Genes for,” however, are dangerous words in genetics.
No Writ of Habeas Corpus for Orangutans
"She is being treated as a prisoner and has to suffer the presence of the public staring at her."
On the Barnes & Noble Shelving Fiasco, Readers Offer Further Insight, Amusement
It seems the decision to put Meyer in the Christianity section and Dawkins’s God Delusion under Science was not made locally.
Let Us Bow Our Heads and Pray: Sunday Is Carl Sagan Day
Well, maybe not pray, but certainly adopt a suitably worshipful attitude while venerating an icon of materialism.
Post-Election Special: The Evolutionary Psychologist Knows Why You Vote — and Shop, and Tip at Restaurants
The most popular naturalist account today is that a non-human past accounts for our minds, attitudes, values, beliefs, and behavior.