'Foundations of science' Category
Casual Friday — the eyes have it
OK, I’ll admit that this video has really been making the rounds this week. But I’ll just pile on anyway, and present to you this very good video explaining the evolutionary process behind the eye…
Casual Friday — Transitional Fossils videos
For today’s video viewing, I thought I’d pass along a couple of really good videos that I found on Afarensis (but which were previously highlighted by The Panda’s Thumb). Confused by what it means for something to be a “transitional fossil?” Watch these two (total run time of about 18 minutes), and you should have a good handle on things…
Casual Friday — where whales came from
An interesting piece of the understanding of whale evolution, and transitional forms of species…
Episode 18 — The Evolution of the Theory of Evolution, Part 1 of 2
Today, the 12th of February, 2008, is the 199th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Since this has been dubbed “Darwin Day,” and all sorts of events are planned for the upcoming year commemorating Darwin’s turning the “big 200″ in 2009, I thought it’d be a good time to discuss how evolutionary theory has changed over the centuries, and what Darwin’s unique contributions really were…
The scientific tourist #4 — what you *can* tell from a hole in the ground
Quite a bit, actually, if you pick the right hole. This week’s “sciencey” tourism picture is from Barringer Crater (a.k.a., Meteor Crater) in Arizona, about 35 miles east of Flagstaff…
