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The truth behind the mighty and powerful Jibbers Crabst
Jibbers Crabst is the holy lobster. Jibbers Crabst is the power that brought life to the universe; including and especially bombardier beetles and banana spiders. This is the conclusion of high priest Matt Inman, Mr Oats, of The Oatmeal. The cartoonist got to the not-keynote for the first every BAHFest West at the Castro Theatre […]
Highlights of the Bill Nye & Ken Ham evolution debate
This blog is about the open mind. You will find many articles here exploring religious faith and you will find science. Part of accepting an open mind is to push back against extremism. This post acts as growing summary and observation page for debate between “science guy” Bill Nye and young Earth activist Ken Ham. […]
The science: this is how trees survive the winter
There are some awfully cute trees in this video from Minute Earth. Cute trees and some handy knowledge about different types of trees. Watching this animation might make you think about a similar program from Minute Physics that talks about the difference between evolution and natural selection. Trees evolved to survive in the winter. In […]
Do you know the difference between evolution and natural selection?
This episode of Minute Physics takes a fun and easy tour through the differences between natural selection and evolution. Not all evolution is due to natural selection. The video also makes the point that whether you believe in evolution or not – it happens. You might believe that natural selection isn’t the only influence on […]
Chinese boy with glowing eyes can see in the dark
This news footage for the UK but from China appears to show a young boy with very strange eyes. It’s not just that they are blue (like a Westerner, says the reporter) but that they seem to reflect light back like cat eyes. The boy has amazed the medical community because it appears as if […]
Mutant calf born in Utah
This calf was born in a diary farm in northern Utah. She suffers from a birth defect but is apparently healthy. I do worry that she’ll struggle to graze given the condition of her mouth though. The farmer who posted the video of the mutant cow to YouTube admits they’ve not seen anything like it […]
Evolution versus National Weath
Tony Piro has put together an interesting chart. Across the bottom of the chart it shows the nation’s wealth in the form of Gross Domestic Product. In other words; how rich the people in the country are. Norweigns come out as the richest and Romanians as the poorest. The vertical access is the percentage of […]
“Should Evolution be taught in school?” Miss USA contestants try to answer
When I was shown this video it came with only one comment. That comment was “Yikes”. I was prepared for a horror story. Actually, I was prepared to deal with USA contestants who had been coached that a pro-evolution stance was a dangerous one if they wanted to win. Some of these answers, I find, […]
Charles Darwin’s walking stick
This photograph shows the walking stick used by Charles Darwin, author of “On the Origin of Species” and father of evolutionary biology. Rather ironically, it’s crafted from whalebone and ivory. The handle is a small skull. In Pure Spirit Is this the sort of walking stick you had in mind when you thought about Charles […]
