Written by Egypt News Monday, 04 April 2011 Researchers have long known that ancient Egyptians suffered from plaque build-up in the arteries that supply the heart, but the latest finding suggests that the syndrome may be more prevalent, and mysterious, than previously thought. “Commonly,[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Evolution’
April 7th, 2011 - 1:55 pm § in Uncategorized
Epidemic of Atherosclerosis Hits Upper Class Ancient Egyptians, Scientists Wonder Why this is Not Mentioned as a Biblical Plague?
China ‘to overtake US on science’ in two years
David Shukman Science and environment correspondent, BBC News China is on course to overtake the US in scientific output possibly as soon as 2013 – far earlier than expected. That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Royal Society, the UK’s national science academy. The country [...]
The Wedge: A Chilling Tale of a Possible Future
The sun shone on another day of Summer Session on campus in a small college town. In a large yet somewhat stuffy lecture hall in one of the oldest buildings, the professor had reached a favorite part of his lecture on this period in European history. His voice didn’t drone on—it rose as [...]
March 16th, 2011 - 12:08 pm § in Religion
Denial of Service Attacks on Science Blogs
Pharyngula has been down for several days as have several other blogs housed under Scienceblogs. PZ Myers, the blogger at Pharyngula, * reports: PZ tweeted 6 hours ago: New info: We ARE under a DDoS attack, and it’s coming from Turkey and Qatar. * for those who do not know, Pharyngula is a ver[...]
March 11th, 2011 - 6:22 am § in Science
Biology: Origins of us.
Ed. for the non biologist … one of the REAL missing links is understanding how single cells come together to form a multicellular organisms … from The Scientist: The results, published this week in Science, add to a growing body of evidence that the genetic toolkit for multicellularity e[...]
March 7th, 2011 - 9:44 am § in Religion
God, for better or worse, must be THE answer.
Ed. anyone want to respond? Rabbi Adam Jacobs Managing Director, Aish Center in Manhattan Posted at Huff : March 6, 2011 08:38 PM In our recent dialogue I have noticed a consistent theme. It was frequently remarked that religious lines of argumentation lack reason. The contention seems to be that [...]
How am I going to fill out the race forms?
Last Xmas, the genome company, 23andMe had a sale! $100 for a genome. My wife and I ordered our done and the results are in! One reason for doing this was to figure out how to fill in those damned forms that ask me to classify myself by race. Well, now I can and I […][...]
February 12th, 2011 - 6:29 am § in Religion
Darwin’s Birthday
by Ian Murphy “THREE-O-NINE! THREE-O-NINE!” I crudely affected like an overgrown toddler, exuberantly waving the hotel room key card overhead, and cradling a small, foam-rubber Tyrannosaurus Rex. I adjusted the thick, foreign prescription bifocals strapped to my head, and steamrolled to the fron[...]
January 25th, 2011 - 3:12 pm § in Religion
Knowledge NOT a Criterion in Faculty Searches?
The University of Kentucky has settled a lawsuit by a failed faculty applicant. The applicant, Martin Gaskell, for a position in Astronomy was turned down, supposedly because Dr. Gaskell is a professed Christian. Dr. Glaskell claims he is not a creationist and does accept the modern physical vie[...]
January 7th, 2011 - 9:09 am § in Uncategorized
The Sound Bite, How Humans are Evolving?
abstracted from an article by Craig Fehrman at Boston.com By 1992 the length of the average TV sound bite had dropped to a mere nine seconds. “If you couldn’t say it in less than 10 seconds,” Michael Dukakis complained , “it wasn’t heard because it wasn’t aired.” David M. Ryfe and Ma[...]