Over the past three years of writing for DI,  I have discussed evolution with many creationists who have posted comments at this site.  These exchanges have been good for me.  They have forced me to think harder about exactly what it is that I understand about evolution and what evidence supports...

Tom has escaped the Seattle rain for a warmer climate, but will return with the renewed strength of ten bloggers next week. - Dave New York Times: Sunday book review cover:  Joe Nocera on the all-too-relevant Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed: "A grand, sweeping narrative of immense scope and ...

Since I'm a posting fool today, I may as well share these book recommendations from a facebook meme. They are more interesting to the people who read this journal than to my facebook friends anyway.  I've already written about most of these in this journal, but it might be nice to have them all...

Kaan 123: /* Fishes */ {{Başka dilden çevrilmekte}} [[Resim:CRW 1380.jpg|thumb|400px|[[Mavi baştankara]] Avrupa'nın her yerinde çok yaygın bulunan yerleşik bir kuştur]] '''Avupa direyi''' [[Avrupa]]'da ve çevresindeki adalar ve denizlerde yaşayan bütün hayvanların bir listesidir. Av...

Jonathan Wells recently gave a talk in Albuquerque at something called the “Forum on Science, Origins, and Design�, a conference about which I can find absolutely nothing on the web. I wasn’t there, of course, and I don’t get invited to these goofy events anyway, but I did get a copy of Well...

I have tried to put the last year into words. Consider this a memoir if only for legal purposes. With that said, this is a true sequence of events. It is also directly transcribed from a journal in order of date. It is also an open letter to which I add constantly and a work in progress rife with ty...

David Quammen's book "The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction", is previewed over at Google Books, and features the pages that introduce Mauritius Kestrel conservationist Carl Jones into the story. Carl Jones featured in both the Last Chance To See book and also in the Rodr...

Khutuck Bot: Bot: Otomatik metin değişimi: (-United States +Birleşik Devletler) [[Image:Missionary Sex Position.png|thumb|right|Misyoner pozisyonu]] [[Image:Klimt-missionaires-02.jpg|thumb|right|''Les missionnaires'', [[Gustav Klimt]] tarafından yapılan çizim]] '''Misyoner pozisyonu''' is a ma...

I remember when I was a first year student in secondary school having a very young teacher for science who informed us that we should all develop "a curious nose."  Curiosity is one of the greatest motives in the pursuit of knowledge.  What naturalist or scientist has ever not be...

Chief Augusto: {{çeviri}} '''Lemuria''' ({{IPAEng|lɨˈmjʊəriə}}<ref>OED</ref>) is the name of a hypothetical "[[Lost lands|lost land]]" variously located in the [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] and [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] Oceans. The concept's 19th century origins lie in attempts...