Science

Andy on March 10th, 2008

“To deny that a rock is 300 million years old is to deny the process that got us to that understanding. Since this process of inquiry is our best tool for succeeding in the world, its denial is a grave…

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Andy on December 19th, 2007

After watching the Nova series about the Dover trial I was struck by how clearly the explanation for the differing numbers of chromosomes in apes and humans was presented. I did some searching and found this interesting video of a…

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Andy on December 5th, 2007

“Testing the mental capabilities of chimps tells us important things about our own capacity. What we often find is that antecedents of human behavior and reasoning exist in chimps in a more primitive form, suggesting that we humans have elaborated…

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Andy on December 4th, 2007

Rare Mummified Dinosaur
Scientists on Monday announced the discovery of what appears to be the world’s most intact dinosaur mummy: a 67-million-year-old plant-eater that contains fossilized bones and skin tissue, and possibly muscle and organs.

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Andy on November 30th, 2007

Like photos of space? Me too.
This is a humbling experience… to me far more awe-inspiring than any ‘religious revelation’ could ever be.

“in 2003, the hubble space telescope took the image of a millenium, an image that shows our place in…

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