online archive
6:00PM
NOV 15 2007
The evolution of creationism
From ants to people, an instinct to swarm: Researchers are discovering simple rules that allow thousands of animals to form a collective brain able to make decisions and move like a single organism. An article on stress, pain, and Paris Hilton: A cardboard cutout of the reality show star reveals a curious gender difference in mice. Facts prove no match for gossip: Why do we gossip? Evolution may hold some surprising answers. A review of Evolution (in Action): Natural History Through Spectacular Skeletons by Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu and Patrick Gries. The evolution of creationism: After their notorious legal defeat, intelligent design proponents are resurfacing with insidious new assaults on science. Here are five bad evolutionary designs. The real culture war in science isn't about science at all — it's about language. And to fight this war, we need to change the way we talk about scientific knowledge. A review of Scientific Irrationalism: Origins of a Postmodern Cult by David Stove. Mad science: Some experiments are crazy, some downright disgusting — Alex Boese reveals his favourite examples of wacky research. From Discover, an article on the 5 best and worst science based movies of all time.
