Earth and Moon from Galileo probe, 1990 januari 02. (NASA) Bernard Foing, If We Had No Moon: “The Earth has a large moon, making it unique in the inner solar system. Mercury and Venus have no moons, and Mars has only two small asteroid-sized objects orbiting it. In this essay, the father of the SMART-1 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'evolution'
If We Had No Moon
October 30th, 2007
Tags: astrobiology · astronomy · bernard foing · earth · evolution · moon
What percentage of your ancestors were men?
August 22nd, 2007
TierneyLab: “No, it’s not 50 percent, as I’ll explain shortly.” (via)
Hoe lang zwemt de walvis al rond?
August 19th, 2007
NRC: ‘Hoe lang zwemt de walvis al rond? Tweegesprek over evolutie tussen atheïst Philipse en EO’er Hagoort’
EO: Vals getuigenis
July 28th, 2007
Op YouTube staan deze twee knippen in de EO DVD ten opzichte van de BBC DVD uit de eerste 6 minuten van episode 2 / aflevering 2. (Filmpje 3). Verdere voorbeelden zijn aanwezig maar overbodig. De verschillen zijn duidelijk. Op de EO DVD’s is elke verwijzing naar miljoenen jaren en evolutie verdwenen. De vertaling verandert [...]
Evolution Occurs in the Blink of an Eye
July 16th, 2007
“A population of butterflies has evolved in a flash on a South Pacific island to fend off a deadly parasite. The proportion of male Blue Moon butterflies dropped to a precarious 1 percent as the parasite targeted males. Then, within the span of a mere 10 generations, the males evolved an immunity that allowed their [...]
Geloven in wetenschap. De invloed van intuïtie en geloofwaardige bronnen.
May 17th, 2007
Noorderlicht Magazine: “Waarom heeft bijna de helft van de Amerikanen een afkeer van wetenschap?”
Tags: evolution · psychology · science · usa
Why Children Never Leave Home: Evolution
March 16th, 2007
Live Science: “The long childhoods and delayed maturity common in modern humans are traits that date back to at least the early members of our own species in Africa.”
‘Hobbit’ human ‘is a new species’
January 30th, 2007
BBC: “The tiny skeletal remains of human “Hobbits” found on an Indonesian island belong to a completely new branch of our family tree, a study has found.”