Boobquake results 28 Apr 2010 The results are in: Boobquake actually decreased the number of quakes expected. So, folks, get out there and continue to dress immodestly. Jen, well done. A mention on Colbert is the height of blog fame… Humor Religion Science
Humor Duck Family Tree Shows Hybridisation 9 Feb 2009 I think Disney has a lot to answer for with all this miscegenation. Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity The mind of the ecological engineer 27 Oct 201127 Oct 2011 I watched a very interesting documentary episode recently, entitled “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” (a phrase of poet Richard Brautigan’s), in which the maker Adam Curtis put forward the view that ecology was founded (at least in its modern iteration) in direct analogy with the view of… Read More
Evolution Darwin, Atheism, and the Catholic Church 6 Mar 200918 Sep 2017 There’s been a highly publicised conference at the Vatican about evolution. There are good and sensible things being said there, and silly ones. Read More
Not so fast! For proper scientific credibility, this experiment needs to be replicated several times. Many confounding variables exist which must be rigorously eliminated.
PZ has a little essay on what the figures show with respect to tornados: apparently God hates Baptists… http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/04/in_the_aftermath_of_boobquake.php Perhaps we might find that WRT earthquakes, God hates Shiites…