A Natural Selection

Yao Ming Speaks Against the Ivory and Rhino-horn Trade in China

Adrian D. Thysse — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:21:24 +0000

(Photo Credit: Liu Ranran) From a WildAid News Release: April 16th, Beijing: Today, former NBA star and Chinese icon, Yao Ming, launched a major public awareness campaign targeting consumption of ivory and rhino horn in China in partnership with WildAid, Save the Elephants, African Wildlife Foundation, and the Yao Ming Foundation. In August 2012, Yao [...]

Press Release: Grizzly Bears on the Brink

Adrian D. Thysse — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:10:40 +0000

Press Release from the David Suzuki Foundation: Grizzly bears deserve immediate legal protection in Canada Study finds many bear populations are on the brink of extinction For Immediate Release March 14, 2013 VANCOUVER – Grizzly bears could disappear from many parts of Canada unless action is taken to list them under the federal Species at Risk Act [...]

The Second Amendment in Context

Adrian D. Thysse — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:47:07 +0000

There are several versions of the text of the Second Amendment, each with slight capitalization and punctuation differences, found in the official documents surrounding the adoption of the Bill of Rights.[5] One version was passed by the Congress,[6] while another is found in the copies distributed to the States[7] and then ratified by them. As passed by the Congress: A [...]

Weapons of the Second Amendment

Adrian D. Thysse — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:28:52 +0000

I’m just sayin’….

Making Sense of Evolution

Adrian D. Thysse — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:17:10 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdddbYILel0&feature=youtu.be&a

A clear and concise explanation of why evolution makes sense, by QualiaSoup.

Exceptional Evolution – Birds of Paradise

Adrian D. Thysse — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:29:05 +0000

From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: This fall, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Geographic are bringing the Birds-of-Paradise Project to the public with a gorgeous coffee-table book (published October 23, 2012), a major exhibit at the National Geographic Museum (opening November 1), a documentary on the National Geographic Channel (airing at 10:00 p.m. [...]

Alfred Russel Wallace Statue Commissioned

Adrian D. Thysse — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:55:23 +0000

News Release from The Wallace Memorial Fund: Discoverer of Natural Selection to finally get his statue (albeit 100 years late) Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace to be commissioned for the Natural History Museum, 100 years after the project was scuppered by the First World War. Alfred Russel Wallace was one of the greatest scientists of the nineteenth [...]

Climate Change – Symphony of Science

Adrian D. Thysse — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:34:45 +0000

Visit Symphony of Science for more science remixes.

Need to Know: Physics, with Michio Kaku

Adrian D. Thysse — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:23:22 +0000

News Release: Federal Government Misleading Canadians…

Adrian D. Thysse — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:01:32 +0000

…which isn’t news in itself, but the latest latest report from Environment Canada, as released by Peter Kent, the ”Environment Minister”, suggests that… “This is the result of our government’s realistic, sector-by-sector approach to reducing emissions, while continuing to create jobs and encourage economic growth,” Kent told reporters Wednesday. Of course, those of us who have [...]