…the Emancipator and the Evolutionizer, together again!!!
Happy Darwin/Lincoln Day everyone!!!
Happy Darwin/Lincoln Day!
February 12, 2012
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The Proceedings of the 44th Carnival of Evolution is now available
February 9, 2012Ladies and Gentlemen… Mesdames et Messieurs… Damen und Herren… The Carnival of Evolution XLIV! This month the carnival is inhabiting The Atavism (great name) and is cleverly set up as a scientific symposium. See for yourself.
Previous Carnivals of Evolution:
- CoE #43
- Carnival of Evolution #42 (The Hitchhikers Edition)
- CoE #41 CoE #40 CoE #39 CoE #38
- CoE #37 CoE #36 CoE #35 CoE #34
- CoE #33 CoE #32 CoE #31 CoE #30
If you missed any of these you’ll definitely want to go check them out!
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Up close and personal with mountain gorillas
January 19, 2012I shared this on Facebook a while back, thought I’d post it here as well―easy content… Seriously though, if you’re not amazed by this then there is something wrong with you.
I love the part were Daddy silverback pulls the young gorilla away from the funny looking hairless ape. I can almost hear him saying; “stay away from that, you don’t know where its been!” Click here for more on the mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei).
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Symphony of Science – Evolution
January 17, 2012Not my cup of tea* musically but fun just the same:
Hat tip to Michael Barton at The Dispersal of Darwin.
*technically no cup of tea is my cup of tea, as I loathe tea.
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The Carnival of Evolution #42 is up!
December 8, 2011Oh no, not again…
Yep, it’s time for the Carnival of Evolution (#42)!!! This month it is being held at The Ocelloid and in case you can’t tell there is a Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy theme. So grab your towel, pour yourself a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster and head on over for the latest batch of evolutionary goodness.
It’s either that or Vogon poetry…
Previous Carnivals of Evolution:
- Carnival of Evolution #41
- Carnival of Evolution #40
- Carnival of Evolution #39
- Carnival of Evolution #38
- Carnival of Evolution #37
- Carnival of Evolution #36
- Carnival of Evolution #35
- Carnival of Evolution #34
- Carnival of Evolution #33
- Carnival of Evolution #32
- Carnival of Evolution #31
- Carnival of Evolution #30
Life! Don’t talk to me about life.
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New shirts from Evo-T’s
September 1, 2011And now a word from our sponsor Evo-T‘s! [My internet T-shirt shop I use to help cover costs of domain names, maintain my secret antievolutionist fighting lair etc.]
There are a couple of new additions, one serious and the other not so much. First we have a great quote from noted physicist Stephen Hawking:
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. – Stephen Hawking
Perfect! This shirt comes in basic black with white print, in sizes for both men and women.
Next we have an anonymous “so bad, it’s good” biology joke:
Support Bacteria! They’re the only culture some people have.
Come on, you know that’s funny! Now, I command you to go buy one! They come in both men’s (dark green) and women’s (lighter green) sizes, with white print.
As always:
Please, I don’t want a repeat of the last time. Yellow down and gore everywhere (yuck).
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Darwin’s Pigeons
August 10, 2011
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The Carnival of Evolution #38 is up!
August 1, 2011And it’s a doozy! I know I say something like that every month and I mean it, but this time it’s truer than ever. This months host is the estimable Larry Moran (Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto) on his excellent blog Sandwalk.
There are lots and lots of great links to evolution related articles for you to peruse (even if none of them are mine because my opus on creationists and arthropods keeps getting longer and longer).
As a bit of housekeeping I am going to list links to the past CoE below so I can clean up the blog a bit (all those green glowy spheres make me feel bad about not being more productive /honest self reflection).
- Carnival of Evolution #37
- Carnival of Evolution #36
- Carnival of Evolution #35
- Carnival of Evolution #34
- Carnival of Evolution #33
- Carnival of Evolution #32
- Carnival of Evolution #31
- Carnival of Evolution #30
If you missed any of these you’ll definitely want to go check them out!
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Inside Nature’s Giants – Polar bear
July 28, 2011This is the latest in the wonderful Inside Nature’s Giants television series (U.K.) and while it unfortunately (at least as far as I’m concerned) spends more time on environmental issues than anatomy, it is still definitely worth watching; so here you go, enjoy:
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Help the TalkOrigins Archive’s bid to buy “Expelled”
June 24, 2011
Premise Media, the production company that produced the creationist pseudo-documentary “Expelled“, has gone bankrupt and is putting the film up for auction. The opportunity having presented itself, the TalkOrigins Archive Foundation is making a run at acquiring it.
Getting the rights to the film and related production material (unedited interviews of scientists etc.) could be an invaluable source of ammunition in the defense of science education against the attacks of intelligent design creationists, so if you’re able please consider making a donation to the Foundation (if the bid is unsuccessful your money still goes to a worthy cause) .
Update: TalkOrigins lost the biding war. Oh well, it would have been interesting.
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