Something to crow about...

Chimpanzees and apes (maybe even them hairless ones) might have to keep a closer eye on members of the corvid family...
National Geographic reports on a new study, which you can check out if you have a paid account at Science Magazine.

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Probably an old one, but my son found it while working on an essay on politics, and I found it quite apropos:

pol·i·tics
n.
Derived from the word poly, meaning many and the word tics, meaning blood-sucking parasites.

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Hmmm.... not sure how to analyse the results of this one... I've never seen the movie my Christmas resembles! (Probably heretical in some circles, but hey, that's life!)

( What Movie is your Christmas most like? )

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PA Schools sued over creationism plan - previously noted here about the Dover, PA school committee's determination (brilliant, unequalled scientific minds that they are) that Darwin's theory of evolution has some "gaps" in it.

Err, hmmm... looks like the school committee's own education has a few gaps in it... hopefully, the ACLU helps them see the light... and maybe eventually they'll realise things. Like how you can still believe in things you have to take by faith and still accept what you can witness with your own eyes.