How to reach the people who think Obama is the anti-christ, the racists who think Democrats are communists, and those who believe the global...

ur·su·ar·y ˈər.suˌer.i Learn to pronounce noun noun:  ursuary ; plural noun:  ursuaries a large cage, buildin...

Dear Donald Trump. You are a great president. Probably one of the greatest this country has ever seen. You have the best mind for it, and th...

When scientists give talks/seminars/colloquia/presentations/speeches/lectures/lessons/defenses/instructions, questions are welcomed, and (pr...

Please help me with a little science experiment. Measure your Step Acuity (SA) and report it here. Your SA is the number of steps before...

The Ivory Power Manifesto The Ivory Tower is not my friend. We will not sit idle and look down at the masses while society goes to hell. S...

You may not think so (well, not you!), but evolutionary biology does make predictions. Particularly about the past, for example about the ex...

Payam Rowghanian (bass) and Bjørn Østman (piano/guitar/vocals) performing live on September 10, 2016. No fun intended. I don't lov...

Does the hero die a hero, or does she survive? In our worship of the mortal champion for good, is it imperative that the hero dies in the ...

Rejoice in the fact that unicorns (as predicted in the Bible) actually existed, but agreeing to the Earth being at least 29,000 years old? ...

Original image made by reddit user arthurpaliden . This version by Twitter user @quantumleapyear .

Important update 7/21-15: Please see comments below on the really low quality of the data. I was originally serious about this analysis taki...

Ken Ham (founder and president of Answers in Genesis, the Creation Museum, wannabe arc builder) is a Young Earth creationist, and he prides...

Just this figure. Fig 2.  Percentage of American adolescents endorsing “none” for religious affiliation, 1966–2014. From Twenge et al...

The Monty Hall problem is very famous ( Wikipedia , NYT ). It is so famous because it so easily fools almost everyone the first time they he...

Answer is Genesis (i.e., Ken Ham and the Creation Museum) has published a really nice description of the bedbug paper that came out earlier ...

A very short edition of Carnival of Evolution is up today. A new blogger is hiding behind a pseudonym, David Hume, with two excellent posts...

The September issue of Scientific American is about human evolution. It includes articles by Frans de Waal, Gary Stix, John Hawks, and other...

Carnival of Evolution #77 - the Phoenix edition is up at Carnival of Evolution . Where it is going to stay. It is also going to be up e...