Evolution
At Phys.org: How fluctuating oxygen levels may have accelerated animal evolution
At Sci News: Dogs Can Detect when Humans are Experiencing Stress
At Quanta Magazine: By Losing Genes, Life Often Evolved More Complexity
Templeton offers a review of the extended evolutionary synthesis
At Evolution News: Behe Debates the Limits of Darwinian Evolution
At Big Think: Can we predict evolution?
Evolution Symposium 2023 June 21-25, 2023 in Albuquerque, NM, USA
At Mind Matters News: Octopuses create an “origin of intelligence” conundrum
The Intelligent Design Audiopaper Project
I was thinking recently, about how many audiobooks are consumed by people these days. I would guess that the main reason behind this consumption is convenience. Many people just don’t have the time, or don’t create the time, to really sit down and get their head in a book. But I understand that for many, it can also be due to personal preference, financial considerations, lack of space, being visually impaired, or learning difficulties. If non of these issues are barriers, I would always encourage reading (and ideally taking notes), rather than simply listening. On balance, the evidence does suggest that good reading is a much more efficient way of retaining information than listening, on its own. In general, listening Read More ›