... I'm defining success as survival, basically. Until relatively recently in humanity's existence, societies changed very slowly, if at all. You can call that...
Hi, I met James Randi briefly around 1994 at a CSICOP convention in Seattle. The CSICOP theme was "The Belief Engine" as I recall. The equally amazing Carl...
Moth study backs classic 'test case' for Darwin's theory By Steve Connor, Science Editor Published: 25 August 2007 For more than a century it has been cited as...
Sightings of mysterious giant bird continue in San Antonio Web Posted: 07/28/2007 01:30 AM CDT Joe Conger KENS 5 Eyewitness News Loch Ness has its monster....
Big Foot search begins afresh Shillong, June 3: "Gigantic, hairy, ape-like..." was all that Abu Marak could utter in between gasps for breath. Surrounded by...
Found: the giant lion-eating chimps of the magic forest James Randerson, science correspondent Saturday July 14, 2007 The Guardian Deep in the Congolese jungle...
... Sounds like a very smart tourism group, huh? Bill -- Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't...
... Yes, it sounds like it. Lucky you! Bill -- This is one of the great social functions of science - to free people from superstition. - Steven Weinberg...
... Wherever this Achik may be, an older friend of mine, Brad, sent me a picture that is incontrovertible proof that Bigfoot went there by sea: BigFoot Walter ...
* Carl Sagan takes questions more from his 'Wonder and Skepticism' CSICOP 1994 keynote http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_4_29/ai_n14858554 *...
... Except for the fact that no evolution was involved. No new species appeared. There was only one, biston betularia. Just the ratio of black to peppered...
... 'Natural selection' was Darwin's term for evolution. I don't believe there's any difference between the two terms. Bill -- I maintain there is much more...
... Natural Selection: "Natural selection is the process by which favorable traits that are heritable become more common in successive generations of a...
... Boy, this is a trip down skeptical memory lane - back to CSICOP 1994 in Seattle. He was a young looking college age guy that really knew how to strut and...
... This seems to be the new fall-back position of Creationists, but it doesn't make any sense. If we use your distinction, that 'natural selection' is the...
... Nonsense. Creationists are only using this as a fall-back position because they're having a harder and harder time denying all evolutionary changes with a...
... As I understand it, we're talking about distinct species if the two populations cannot procreate with each other resulting in fertile offspring. I threw...
... Lions and tigers can interbreed, but according to Wikipedia, the male offspring are sterile (the females can procreate). I'm glad I looked that up, since...
... Great video! Thanks! I'd read about this, but hadn't seen the show. Bill -- Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. (Entities should not be...
The following article is reproduced under the Fair Use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes. ======================= Distant space collision meant...
* Officials at Nepal's state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its...
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