Revisiting Code
Back in graduate school, I wrote tens of thousands of lines of Delphi code in support of research projects I
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Grab the PDFs — Ends 12/31
The Synthese special issue on “Evolution and Its Rivals” allows downloads of the full PDFs for all the articles, but
Read moreHere We Go Again… North Pole, This Time
Quark Expeditions is having another popularity contest for a blogger to go on a trip, this time the destination is
Read morePrice of Misunderstanding?
Miriam Markowitz has a piece in The Nation about George Price and the Price equation, a significant advance in mathematics
Read moreNew Scientist Article on Evolving Programs
This New Scientist article discusses some really cool results coming out of the Devolab at Michigan State University. In for
Read moreThe Unseen Spill
There’s an article in the Austin American Statesman about the ongoing Gulf oil spill. It talks about the effects of
Read moreListening to Snapping Shrimp
I’m working on setting up a citizen scientist project to document where snapping shrimp (family Alpheidae) are active pre- and
Read moreTrue Things About Evolution
I was looking for a particular post of mine, and ran across this one from back in 1999. “The Patterson
Read moreNationals of the National Ocean Science Bowl
The Consortium for Ocean Leadership’s National Ocean Science Bowl is holding its national competition this weekend in St. Petersburg, Florida
Read moreState of Zen for Sage Grouse
The Los Angeles Times reports on how the US Interior Department made a decision about sage grouse: The Interior Department
Read moreSpoonbill Bowl on March 6th, 2010
The regional National Ocean Sciences Bowl, the Spoonbill Bowl, happens this next Saturday, March 6th, 2010. The location is at
Read moreLuskin on Information: Part 0
Casey Luskin has decided to treat us to an agony in eight fits, wherein he will whine mightily concerning “information”.
Read moreRefreshing Data Storage
I have data on Compact Disks (CDs) from past projects. The technology was getting toward being affordable around 1996. CD
Read moreConcern Trolling at the Mansfield News-Journal
A perfectly reasonable letter to the editor from Walter Kania elicited a response from Andrew Ricks with all the hallmarks
Read moreLeftovers: PE and Darwin
From about 1992 to around 2002, I was a frequent commenter on the Usenet talk.origins newsgroup, contributing several thousand posts
Read moreMissing the Point at the Wall Street Journal
I’m guessing from the blithe and condescending tone of James Taranto’s piece in the Wall Street Journal that he is
Read moreRead “The Duck”
Please go read The Duck. Pass it on to your friends, especially if they are journalists. ONCE TWO SCIENTISTS—it hardly
Read moreOpderbeck and Dover, Round 3
This is a reply to a comment by David Opderbeck in this thread. Since David has consistently accused me of
Read moreOpderbeck and Dover, Round 2
I’m going to respond to a comment left by David Opderbeck to my previous post. [David Opderbeck:] Wesley, I have
Read moreA Sesquicentennial
Today marks the sequicentennial, or 150th anniversary, of the date of publication of Charles R. Darwin’s most-sold book, On the
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