The One With Aldacron

Fossilized bacteria in the Allan Hills 84001 Meteorite, originally announced well over a decade ago, has now been verified to really be fossilized bacteria. I remember the controversy back then, with scientists being split over whether it was really bacteria or simply natural crystal formations. I so wanted it to be true that we really [...]

An article at the Guardian, Birthers embarrass the Republicans, starts off discussing the now infamous incident at a town hall meeting hosted by Republican Congressman Mike Castle of Delaware, in which a lunatic lady waves her birth certificate around in a plastic bag while ranting that Obama is not a citizen. The author, Thomas Noyes, [...]

It’s always fun to read or watch a Discovery Institute member getting smacked down with, you know, logic. PZ has posted a debate request the DI sent to a University of Vermont professor, along with the subsequent response.

Some time ago, I posted advice for the CERN guys in Lessons Learned From Gordon Freeman. It seems the Redditers have gone a few steps better, actually shipping essential equipment to CERN. The kit includes a crowbar, a training headcrab, and a copy of the Half Life Strategy Guide (follow the link for pics). They [...]

Next Wednesday, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider will finally get busy. I’ve been looking forward to this for a while. It was supposed to get going last year, but has faced a couple of legal challenges apparently. Those involved in the project are quite certain they’ll find new discoveries. The only unknowns are what and when, [...]

PZ is recruiting bloggers to help stamp out the idiocy propagated by Expelled and instead promote a web site that counters it. If you think science and reason should take precedence over superstition and stupidity, follow that first link in the previous sentence to find out how you can help expose Expelled.

Last year, the Council of Europe put forth a motion for a recommendation extolling the “dangers of creationism in education.” Essentially, it asserts that creationism and intelligent design are garbage, are not recognized as science, and have no place in modern education systems. My favorite section is item 4, regarding attempts by creationists to discredit [...]

The past few days have not been pleasant. Saturday, I awoke to find my $600 cell phone lying submerged in my dogs’ water dish. Then I came down with a cold that had knocked me flat by Sunday evening. Monday was a bit better, but I did spend the time between my morning and evening [...]

I once spent 9 months in Kentucky. Now, I’m glad I’m far, far away from it. A new museum is under construction in Boone County, Kentucky. With a price tag of $27 million, it is expected to see 250,000 visitors in its first year. But it is not a museum of art, nor is it [...]

Finally, someone with a theological career is willing to publicly acknowledge that homosexuality may be proven to be based in biology. Sounds like a wonderful thing, right? Finally, one of those wingnuts is actually getting it. Yeah, well, not so much. While other conservative Christians attacked him for going against the party line, homosexuals were [...]