I just read a great little article on the documentation of a new type of lizard which has evolved on a little island in the adriatic. Long story short: About 37 years ago, some scientists transplanted a group of these lizards from one island to another; the latter being climatologically similar, but having different enough environmental factors to ( Read more... )

Every so often, the creationists will haul out the tired old trope that Darwin's theory of evolution is to blame for Adolf Hitler's holocaust. They then insinuate that, as a result of this, it is demonstratably true that evolution is itself an amoral field of study, and thus should not be taught.

Now, this line of reasoning does nothing to address ( Read more... )