Why Do I Have Blue Eyes?

And other evolutionary questions. A very interesting read from the LA Times as the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin nears.

ADAM SMITH AND THE BIRTH OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN:

Nature's Economy: Economics and the natural sciences: a review of Nature: An Economic History by Geerat J. Vermeij and The Natural Origins of Economics by Margaret Schabas (Andrew P. Morriss, Books &...

VOCABULARY ISN'T SCIENCE:

Carl Linnaeu: The man who named the natural world: His system of scientific names still shapes the way we think about the natural world. And today, 300 years after his birth, Carl Linnaeus matters...

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST:

Hail Linnaeus (The Economist, 5/17/07) As new areas are explored, the number of species naturally increases (see article). For example, the number of species of monkey, ape and lemur gradually...

WE ARE ALL INTELLIGENT DESIGNISTS NOW:

Q&A: 'Future computer will use intelligent design of DNA' (Times of India, 18 May, 2007) Nevenka Dimitrova, senior director, Philips Research-India, divides her time between Bangalore, Eindhoven...