Evolution

Evolution Arguments Headed for Islamic World

polymeme — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:00:31 -0500

WWW.LIVESCIENCE.COM : The next major battle over evolutionary theory is likely to occur not in the United States but in the Islamic world or in countries with large Muslim populations, because of rising levels of education and Internet access there... READ MORE

Richard Dawkins: How would you feel about a half-human half-chimp hybrid?

polymeme — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:00:31 -0500

GUARDIAN : Dawkins speculates about how a human-chimp hybrid or the discovery of a living Homo erectus would change the way we see the world... READ MORE

12 Elegant Examples of Evolution

polymeme — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:33:36 -0500

WIRED SCIENCE :In preparation for Charles Darwin's upcoming 200th birthday, the editors of Nature compiled a selection of especially elegant and enlightening examples of evolution...READ MORE

Gallup: Americans see religious influence waning

polymeme — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:33:36 -0500

USA TODAY :Two-thirds of Americans think religion is losing its influence on U.S. life, a sharp jump from just three years ago when Americans were nearly evenly split on the question, according to a new Gallup Poll... READ MORE

Church attendance 'to fall by 90%'

polymeme — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:31:35 -0500

GUARDIAN : In one of the most holy weeks in the Christian calendar, a report says that in just over a generation the number of people attending Church of England Sunday services will fall to less than a tenth of what they are now.... READ MORE

Tracking the Evolution of Creationist Rhetoric

polymeme — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:58:53 -0500

SCIENCE BLOGS :One of the most powerful tools we have for exposing the creationist agenda for public school science classrooms is the fact that we can trace their own words as their rhetoric... READ MORE

Science paper on Islamic Creationism

polymeme — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:58:53 -0500

SCIENCE AND RELIGION NEWS :Thank you for an excellent “call to action” you published in last week’s SCIENCE magazine. Evolution is a fact, and it is this simple four-word-long message that needs to be communicated efficiently and rapidly in the Islamic world by scholars such as yourself... READ MORE

The Human Pedigree: A Timeline of Hominid Evolution

polymeme — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:58:53 -0500

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN :When Charles Darwin wrote On the Origin of Species, he pondered the evolution of organisms ranging from orchids to whales. Conspicuously missing from his magnum opus, however, was any substantive discussion of how humans might have arisen... READ MORE

The Latest Face of Creationism in the Classroom

polymeme — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:58:53 -0500

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN :Professors routinely give advice to students but usually while their charges are still in school. Arthur Landy, a distinguished professor of molecular and cell biology and biochemistry at Brown University... READ MORE

If programming languages were religions...

polymeme — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:58:53 -0500

AEGISUB :C would be Judaism - it's old and restrictive, but most of the world is familiar with its laws and respects them. The catch is, you can't convert into it - you're either into it from the start... READ MORE