Pseudogenes are genes that used to have a function, but no longer do. If a gene contributes to an important function for the organism, offsp...

Adrian Thysse has done something new. He has slaved through all 45+ submissions to this month's edition of Carnival of Evolution (which,...

A previous post from almost three years ago keeps getting comments: Another creationist dentist expert on evolution . That's great, even...

In today's eSkeptic , which celebrates Darwin's 203rd birthday, Donald Prothero writes about the most cited paper in all of paleonto...

We are happy to announce the program for the Proceedings of the 44th Carnival of Evolution to be held at The Atavism : Session 1. Symposium...

I hadn't seen before that Leo Behe gave an interview last year. He says as well as anyone what is wrong with the argument from design: ...

It is becoming more and more clear that political views are in fact not completely decided by rational considerations, as common sense would...

These US House and Senate bills will censor the internet. Sign the petition to vote no on both.

Speciation models are the most beautiful thing in evolutionary biology. This is widely known, and those who disagree are the crazies. Other ...

So Christopher Hitchens died. It is sad when someone dies, mostly, and it is a good time to remember the good thing about the deceased. When...

Google Scholar Citations is not quite working the way I had expected. Apparently I am the author of a 1935 paper on Field of Science in the...

In case you missed it, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Evolution (aka CoE #42) is up at the Ocelloid . Image created by Troy Britain .

A second wave of creationists are making trouble, following Christian creationists (who are not done, but seems to be get less media attenti...

Why are two breeds of dogs who can't mate without human assistance the same species, while two fish species, which can and do have ferti...

Interesting little commentary on how (not) to do a résumé: Final Cut: Words to Strike from Your Resume . I don't have a résumé, 'cau...