Daily Interlude

Genome 10K: A New Ark

Scientists have an ambitious new strategy for untangling the evolutionary history of humans and their biological relatives: Create a genetic menagerie made of the DNA of more than 10,000 vertebrate species. The plan, proposed by an international consortium of scientists, is to obtain, preserve, and sequence the DNA of approximately one species for each genus of living mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. ... more >>

Survival of the Weakest

Do you want to know why neanderthals really went extinct ... more >>

Islam’s Darwin problem

Muslims who see themselves as having mastered technology and the modern world are often people for whom creationism has the most appeal ... more >>

Richard Dawkins - "Strident? Do They Mean Me?"

With his latest book, creationist-basher Richard Dawkins believes he has amassed all the evidence he could ever need to convince unbelievers that Darwin was right. Now he just has to get them to read it ... more >>

Beauty, Art, and Darwin

It is possible that we have a kind of built-in moral resistance to the runaway pathologies now visible in the arts. Where did that resistance come from?... more >>

The Glad Scientist

A Vatican astronomer explains why science and religion are a match made in heaven …more >>