Sad case out of India Source: ScienceBlogs
This little girl born with six legs and two arms had the option of all three; she's currently being operated on to remove four of the limbs.
Pharyngula: I'm gonna be a ☆ MOVIE STAR ☆Source: ScienceBlogs
Popular blogger PZ Myers tells how an interview he gave for a documentary on the science-religion conflict ended up being used in an anti-science movie which asserts that "freedom of thought and freedom of inquiry have been expelled from publicly-funded high schools, universities …
Sophisticated Theological Arguments are Unanswerable Source: ScienceBlogs
The Rational Response Squad has a "competitor": a group calling itself the Righteous Response Squad. I think we can already see a problem—we can expect a dearth of originality and imagination from this new gang.
Pharyngula: I get email Source: ScienceBlogs
Here's an odd correlation for you: whenever I take a swipe at the foolishness of Scott Adams, I get a major uptick in the usual trickle of Christian email.
A General Predilection for DelusionSource: ScienceBlogs
The first review of my talk yesterday is in! Too bad it is from somebody who wasn't there and who is a world-class fool.
Prayer for Dummies Source: ScienceBlogs
I don't think creationists are necessarily stupid (just ignorant, misinformed, wicked, or … but let's not start that again), but I do make exceptions for individuals. There are some that say things I find incredibly stupid. Here's an example.
PZ Myers on How the Cavefish Lost Its EyesSource: seedmagazine.com
The Mexican blind cavefish raises the challenging evolutionary question: Does disuse lead to degeneration or disappearance of a feature? Here, an answer Darwin would have loved.The manner in which the evolution of flightless birds or eyeless, cave-dwelling animals might have come …