(via Adam Broschinski)
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Good news: they’ve been given $10,000 by the Stiefel Freethought Foundation to improve science education for kids in low-income neighborhoods.
Ayanna Watson, President of BAAm, says she’s excited to get started in the fall. “We’re in the process of selecting nearly a dozen schools to donate equipment. We were able to give squid dissection kits, DVDs, and other materials to the students, allowing them to learn about their own waterways and wildlife. We want to do this kind of thing for other students around the country.”
Notice: Atheism + science → squid. It’s inevitable.
It’s the beginning of the month, and that means it’s time for the latest Carnival of Evolution.
In my post bashing that silly article claiming to have figured out how endoskeletons evolved from exoskeletons, there was a good question buried in the comments, and I thought I’d answer it.
Are there any models pulled out of arses which explain the turtle’s unique skeleton?
Yes! I mean, no, not pulled out of arses, but there is a lot of really good and persuasive research that uses evidence to show how the turtle skeleton evolved.
It doesn’t look like much, but it’s got a cute trick.
Because my copy of Evolution: Making Sense of Life
Actually, I lied. My happy face is oscillating back and forth with my frowny face. My frowny face is saying that I’ve got too much work to do to enjoy a new evolution textbook, no matter how well written it is.
You may also have a frowny face when you follow the link to Amazon, because this is an academic textbook and it is priced accordingly. Sorry.
The word for the day is PINK. Pink is a soft, non-threatening color associated with girls…and is therefore harmless and pleasant. Cats are not pink. But other, more interesting, animals are.
Very girly. By the way, that one secretes cyanide in defense, so much as you might be tempted, don’t play with it.
