I’m heading into the wild today for an overnight backpack up to Yule Lakes with my husband and young dog to scatter the old dog’s ashes. We decided on Yule Lakes because that was where our mild-mannered yellow Lab Red scared off a black bear and sent it running away at an alarming speed […]
I’m so happy when the news fits right into my book. (And by the way, we have a new title! It’s EVOLUTION, ME, AND OTHER FREAKS OF NATURE. Love it. Ready to print it on a thousand T-shirts.)
A Kansas community is fighting blood and guts over whether to continue teaching evolution […]
So there I am last night, all keyed-up about my interview today with someone from my
From this week’s Time magazine, Dr. Andrew Weil:
“We do not understand food cravings and where they come from. I suspect there is a great deal of social and cultural conditioning involved. For example, it is popular to argue that chocolate is addictive and point out that women often crave it uncontrollably, especially after […]
Many thanks to my friend Annette (jeez, I’ve mentioned her name on here about eight times in the last few days–she should go get her own blog) for alerting me to this critical new scientific discovery.
Which makes it all the more important that you do this.
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Another school district trying to ensure children won’t accidentally hear about evolution.
My favorite line:
“It had been the school’s policy since 1995 to tear out chapters on evolution from science textbooks out of ‘respect for the family teachings of a significant number of Cobb County citizens’ . . .”
Wow, what a service. […]
There was a study released earlier this month in the journal Science that finally spoke to my central flaw: impatience.
Studies like these make me wish I were a scientist sometimes. These people get to spend all day making up goofy experiments that they then talk cash-strapped college students into trying. Of course, I […]
Tonight I went to a lecture on evolution–specifically, evolution as it applies to viruses, such as HIV. And the science professor giving the lecture made the point that people can debate all they want whether evolution is real, but when it comes to HIV, we do not have the luxury of pretending evolution does […]