[neverdem]

Venditti, C., Meade, A. & Pagel, M. Nature advance online publication doi:10.1038/nature08630 (2009).

The computer model will be attacked!

[CharlesWayneCT]

Without making a claim about the veracity of the program or the conclusions, just commenting on the statements....

New species might arise as a result of single rare events, rather than through the gradual accumulation of many small changes over time, according to a study of thousands of species and their evolutionary family trees.

How convenient. A Scientific Process that is exceptional, rare, unrepeatable, and gives us exactly what we need to explain what we see.

Gee, I think creation is a "single rare event" which gives rise to a new species.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

The bigger issue is that if biologists abandon Darwin’s natural selection model, what will creationists call evolutionary biologists?

[Nosterrex]

The idea of a neutral observer is impossible. Science is not the problem. It is scientists that create the problems in that they often find for what they are looking. Climategate is a prime example of the fallacy that scientists are disinterested observers. Scientists have a vested interest in defending Darwin's views. If Darwin were proven wrong, the theses, dissertations, and articles of millions of scientists would be nothing but scholarly crap. Science is closer to a religion than most people will admit.

[neverdem]

Femina Sapiens in the Nursery - The conflict between parenting and career is hardwired in the female brain.

Like the male sex hormone testosterone, oxytocin is produced in the hypothalamus

IMHO, the author is probably confusing the specific hormone receptors with the hormones.

H1N1 influenza adopted novel strategy to move from birds to humans

Who Needs the Grid? A new fuel-cell technology promises to revolutionize access to cheap, clean energy.

Fear memories erased without drugs: A temporal twist to a therapeutic technique could block old terrors.

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[gettinolder]

I have complete faith in science. I trust what they find in their laboratories to be true and faithful.

Everytime an article or a post uses the phrases “scientific” or “scientist” I perk right up, save it to favorites and live my life by it.

I especially trust the scientists at the Climate Research Unit.

/SARC

[RoadGumby]

Ping

[El Gato]

Nothing says both mechanisms, gradual and “burst” can’t be going on at the same time. But I would tend to agree that new species probably evolve more in response to gross changes in the environment. Either way though, to get a new species, there would need to be an isolated population. Otherwise you’d get a changed species, but still only the one.

[celmak]

"eponymous hypothesis?"

Sounds like the hypothisis that all life had one beginning...

[Claud]

I’m a little rusty in this (college bio major), but what makes this different than punctuated equilibria, ala Steven Jay Gould?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks neverdem.

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[Locomotive Breath]

This is the way science is supposed to work: scientists throwing rocks at each others theories. The problem with the global warming crowd was that they managed to get hold of the publication process and prevent publication of any rebuttal.

Just keep saying to yourself
“the religion is settled”
“the religion is settled”
“the religion is settled”