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10/28/09

Permalinkby 07:15:52 am, Categories: Current Events, 67 words   English (US)

A debate between Dr. Francisco J. Ayala and Dr. William Lane Craig

There is a Web site of the upcoming event "Intelligent Design: Is it Viable?" It will be a debate between Dr. Francisco J. Ayala and Dr. William Lane Craig. Moderated by Dr. Bradley Monton. The debate will occur on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7 p.m. EST at Indiana University Auditorium.

Here you will find all of the information you need to attend the event.

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Permalinkby 06:59:26 am, Categories: Life Sciences, 167 words   English (US)

Mantis Shrimp Eyes Could Show Way To Better DVD And CD players

In ScienceDaily, it is reported that thhe mantis shrimps in the study are found on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and have the most complex vision systems known to science. They can see in twelve colours (humans see in only three) and can distinguish between different forms of polarized light.

Special light-sensitive cells in mantis shrimp eyes act as quarter-wave plates -- which can rotate the plane of the oscillations (the polarization) of a light wave as it travels through it. This capability makes it possible for mantis shrimps to convert linearly polarized light to circularly polarized light and vice versa.

Dr Nicholas Roberts, lead author of the Nature Photonics paper said: "Our work reveals for the first time the unique design and mechanism of the quarter-wave plate in the mantis shrimp's eye. It really is exceptional - out-performing anything we humans have so far been able to create."

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And how did this evolve through only natural processes? Given enough time anything can happen?

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Permalinkby 06:46:43 am, Categories: Books/Videos/Reviews, 42 words   English (US)

The Dawkins Transcript from the Hugh Hewitt Show

On October 21st Richard Dawkins appeared on the syndicated Hugh Hewitt talk show to promote his new book, "The Greatest Show on Earth".

It was a lively and interesting discussion...

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Cornelius Hunter blogged on Dawkins afterwards. Here is the link.

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