Jerry Coyne’s post on Why Evolution Is True about the new “Burgess-Shale” fossils found in Kootenay National Park, clearly explains the importance of these discoveries better than any other post I’ve read. Take a look at Jerry’s post, New remarkable “Burgess-Shale” fossils from Canada
As to be expected from Donald Prothero, prominent American paleontologist, geologist, and author of great books like Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters, he provides a well written and interesting article about what happened behind the scenes, coaching Bill Nye in preparation for his debate with Ken Ham. He also provides his… Read more »
Today is Charles Darwin’s birthday. Five years ago, on Darwin’s 200th birthday Jerry Coyne wrote Darwin a letter. The New Republic has published Coyne’s letter because “It’s Darwin’s 205th Birthday, and People Still Don’t Accept Evolution : A Letter to the Man Behind the Theory.” You can read the whole letter at the New Republic,… Read more »
By: Christopher Karas Revised and Updated: April 6, 2014 As a student at L’École secondaire catholique Sainte-Famille, a Catholic French school in Mississauga, I came out as a gay man at the age of fifteen and became an active member and voice of the community as the former vice president of the AESD, CSDCCS, and… Read more »
From CFI Canada, and from the Canadian Mint, While Darwin’s tree of life doesn’t have roots, this coin, an original design by celebrated Quebec actor and singer Caroline Néron, [to celebrate] nature, the beauty of a Canadian winter and the poetic beauty of life on Earth [is evocative of the sketch] employed by… Read more »
shut2 A resurrection from 2009.