This is just hilarious. A turtle terrorizes a cat.
It pays to complain – Orac reports that after blogging harsh criticism of “a disappointingly credulous and misinformation-laden article published on Medscape about the human papilloma virus vaccine Gardasil,” which he called completely biased, links to that page now bring visitors to a “page cannot be found” error. Though a retraction would have made a better outcome, it’s good to see the power of a good science blogger. Way to go, Orac!
PZ Myers exposes the many lies of evolution denier Ron Carlson -A creationist lying? I know. Shocking.
The Genius of Charles Darwin -This is a 48-minute long special hosted by the great Richard Dawkins. This is the first in a series. I don’t know whether there’s one more or several, but it’s definitely worth watching. Dawkins rarely ever disappoints.
The Montauk Monster Explained – Well, it isn’t a monster. But somehow I have a bad feeling we’re seeing the birth of another silly local legend that will be the subject of lots of future nonsense. I can just picture the Montauk Monster sightings now along with those who will devote their lives to finding the elusive monster like we have with Big Foot, the Lock Ness Monster, and Skepacabra’s cousin Chupacabra.
Compare for yourself. Here’s the Montauk monster:
And here’s the carcass of a dog:
Friendly Atheist’s speech at atheist coming out party
I work in television media and I recently worked on a “reality” show called “Make Me A Supermodel,” which was based off of a British show of the same name. So I wonder if the British show “Make Me A Christian” will make it here to the states too. In any event, I hope everyone gets voted off the show.
And now for a moment of science:
Duck-billed Dinosaurs Outgrew Predators – “With long limbs and a soft body, the duck-billed hadrosaur had few defenses against predators such as tyrannosaurs. But new research on the bones of this plant-eating dinosaur suggests that it had at least one advantage: It grew to adulthood much faster than its predators, giving it superiority in size.”
