Phys.org: A fossil fruit from California shows ancestors of coffee and potatoes survived cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs Erm… I have news for you: it’s not just coffee and spuds—my own ancestors and, indeed, the ancestors of every organism alive today also survived the cataclysm that killed the [non-avian] dinosaurs.
Writing tagged: ‘evolution’
State-funded brain-washing
Department of Education spokesperson says it is right for faith schools to have the freedom to teach about sexual relations and marriage in the context of their own religion.
Math debate
Wonderful parody of Miss USA video.
Hot debate
Miss USA is a science geek.
Survival of the fittest
Miss USA contestants 'scared to death' about evolution and nudity questions.
What better way to get Darwin Bicentenary Year off to a flying start
…than by showing a scientifically accurate and not at all gratuitous video of the evolution of a sexy, German robo-chick?
Bad example, chaps
Potato did not fuel human evolution.
Result
'Intelligent design' teaching ban.
Mouse complex
Letter to New Scientist.
I wish I had said that…
Great evolutionary pun.