I’m so disappointed! I was in Bookman’s used books yesterday and they had Michael Behe’s work classified in the science section. I can expect this sort of stuff from the big chain bookstores, but I thought Bookman’s was different.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before… as I was approaching college age as the 80’s were dawning on us, I had three areas of interest that I explored for my future life’s work. Each would set the course of my adult life in three very different ways and each would have been a … Read more
One of those fascinating little tidbits that always amuses me concerning quantum physics is that whole time/speed. Oh, you know what I’m talking about, it’s what happened to Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes. Their spaceship travels at speeds upwards towards the speed of light, and they age less than the space around them. … Read more
When we were in Taiwan last time, do you know what I saw on TV? Primeval. That’s right, Taiwan gets Primeval! The United States doesn’t. Now, the second series of Primeval has been an enormous letdown for me, but it’s still better than most of the crap on US TV (and that’s before the writer’s … Read more
Just cool paleontological news… BBC NEWS => Ancient reptile tracks unearthed The earliest evidence for the existence of reptiles has been found in Canada.The 315 million-year-old fossilised tracks give an insight into a key milestone in the history of life, when animals left water to live on dry land. The footprints suggest reptiles evolved between … Read more
…is that we don’t have them in Phoenix.
These were in Singapore this week. Even though it is six hours by plane to Taiwan, that’s too close for comfort since I’ll be in Taiwan next week.
Reuters => Mexican man finds forty dinosaur prints in desert MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican man has discovered dozens of dinosaur footprints dating back up to 110 million years along the banks of a dried river, scientists said on Tuesday. The article goes on to explain the prints are from an early cretaceous dinosaur, … Read more
I don’t really know who TED is, but Michael Shermer is always interesting to listen too. I always loved it when he was the lone, token skeptic on those drubbed up UFO and paranormal shows on TV. Not only is he smart guy, but he also apparently uses a Mac. Technorati Tags: Blog, Science, Skepticism
NPR => Huge ‘Terror Bird’ Fossil Discovered in PatagoniaScientists have discovered a skull belonging to a hook-beaked bird that ruled the grasslands of South America…. It was the largest bird ever and the top predator in South America millions of years ago.South America must have been a fun place back in the Pleistocene.
The discovery of a new (extinct) species of fish hunting, dolphin-sized whales in Australia.