The True Story of a Monogamous Frog (See Video)

Back in 2006 there were a couple of landmark cases in Rhode Island and California that didn’t seem all that important at the time. The cases revolved around lead paint and whether manufacturers were still responsible for the effects of their product, and the costs associated with those effects,…

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If you were searching for a parable about the dangers of tactical absolutism (you know, my-way-or-the-highway type thinking), the rise and fall of cap-and-trade legislation would be a good place to start.

In the months leading up to the passage…

Here is a Cretaceous mystery.

Three different species of dinosaur are found in one filled-in pit. They are well preserved, although the method by which it happened is unknown. It’s not a “whodunit”, but a “what-dunit.”  There are clues as to the case, though. And they can be…

Arrested Development since the Arrest of Socrates

In the 4^th Century BCE, soldier and scholar Xenophon of Athens put to papyrus his arguments contesting charges by the Athenian court that his esteemed mentor had been corrupting the City’s youth with inappropriate religious teachings and an…

ABC News reported earlier this week that former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is ‘absolutely taking a look’ at making a run for the White House in 2012. Although I find Santorum’s fundamentalism disheartening - and the possibility of his presidential candidacy downright terrifying - the…

In recent evolution news, a research article published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has demonstrated that the brains of elephants and humans have followed similar evolutionary paths.

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Having ‘proved’ that fossils predating the Cambrian radiation are non-existent, and that all modern animal phyla appeared out of nowhere - in what the narrator describes as a “burst of creativity” - Darwin’s Dilemma the movie, then proceeds to ridicule…

The truth is, we all like to watch dinosaurs fight. That’s a major, if not the primary part of their appeal. Countless films and novels have built on the idea of ferocious primordial combat, and why not? Of all the animals, living or extinct, dinosaurs offer the most spectacular mix of weaponry…