It's hard being green
	Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know? By Jim  - 01:39 - 4 new of 4 messages

historical era human evolution firmly documented yet again

Oh, my, how inconvenient for the creationists. More evidence has been gathered that evolution _does_ apply, even to humans, and has been observed by researchers to have occurred in modern times. This is a result creationists dread, since the main impetus for creationism, disputing that humans are just another kind of ape, falls if evolution in... more » By Kent Paul Dolan  - 00:43 - 6 new of 6 messages

	Cats brain is a Go. at IBM.
	They have simulated a cortex and theirs contains 1 billion spiking neurons and 10 trillion individual learning synapses. Exactly, I asked the same question, "why a cat"? Some interesting figures here; "For some scale reference points, consider this: A cat cortex has roughly 760 million neurons and 6 trillion synapses.... more » By spintronic  - 00:25 - 7 new of 7 messages

	OT: elephant drawing
	From the Being Human Is No Big Deal dept.: [link] By Dan Luke  - 20 Nov - 2 new of 2 messages

	OT: Children threaten suicide over Sarah Palin's book
	[link] By Desertphile  - 20 Nov - 2 new of 2 messages

	palin, naipul and creationism
	andrew sullivan has a comment posted on his website from a reader regarding palin and efforts to bring her to rationality from her lies: I couldn't help but think that it's a fruitless effort. There's nothing under the facade. She believes her own myths. She is ignorant and foolish enough to accept modern conservative slogans as true and... more » By bpuharic  - 20 Nov - 13 new of 13 messages

	Penguins
	*Not* the best at logic. (link takes you to cartoon) [link] By Big Dave  - 20 Nov - 9 new of 9 messages

	Doctrine of Signatures: Why not ID support?
	The Doctrine of Signatures was a belief popular among herbalists, in the 16th century, that held that God had placed a sign in various medicinal plants indicating what the plant was best used for. [link] For example, if the plant had heart shaped leaves, it was believed... more » By Reddfrogg  - 20 Nov - 7 new of 7 messages

Jesus of Siberia?

I'm riding a bike like Jesus rode a donkey. Do you get the hint? There's no place for Quixotes or Jesuses! Or do you think there's a place for a modern Jesus? —Jesus of Siberia Back in 1989, as the Soviet regime was collapsing, a man from the Siberian town of Minusinsk, named Sergei Torop, lost his job as a... more » By His Highness Comandante Banana, King Of The Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises  - 20 Nov - 4 new of 4 messages

	What did the first talking monkey's mom look like?
	What did the first talking monkey's mom look like? By backspace  - 20 Nov - 27 new of 27 messages