- Travels: Davis, California October 30, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos October 30, 2022
- Sunday: Hili dialogue October 30, 2022
- Germans and Brits try to eliminate gendered nouns in the German language October 29, 2022
- Caturday felid trifecta: Why your cat sheds; this year’s Supreme Cat Show, best Halloween cat costumes, and lagniappe October 29, 2022
- Saturday: Hili dialogue October 29, 2022
- I have landed! October 28, 2022
- Friday: Hili dialogue October 28, 2022
- New York Times touts ghosts October 27, 2022
- A note on the Stanford Academic Freedom Conference October 27, 2022
- Readers’s wildlife photos October 27, 2022
- Thursday: Hili dialogue October 27, 2022
- Is “sex” socially constructed? October 26, 2022
- A critique of Yuval Harari’s popular-science writing October 26, 2022
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ nonsense October 26, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos October 26, 2022
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue October 26, 2022
- Nature Ecology & Evolution buys into “indigenous fact claims are always right” October 25, 2022
- National Health Service ends “gender-affirming care,” replaces with “holistic and appropriate” care October 25, 2022
- RIP Robert Nola October 25, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos October 25, 2022
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue October 25, 2022
- Livestream of upcoming academic freedom conference October 24, 2022
- Most Americans don’t think race should be an important factor in college admission decisions, but most favor racial diversity as good thing yet back a Supreme Court ruling banning affirmative action October 24, 2022
- A sensible way to reconcile Mātauranga Māori and science October 24, 2022
- Reader’s wildlife photos October 24, 2022
- Monday: Hili dialogue October 24, 2022
- What’s the right adjective: “gay” or “queer”? Pamela Paul unpacks David Sedaris October 23, 2022
- Advocates of Mātauranga Māori request over $100 million dollars, part of which may be for woo October 23, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos October 23, 2022
- Sunday: Hili dialogue October 23, 2022
- Shakira’s new music video October 22, 2022
- The complex issue of racial reparations October 22, 2022
- Caturday felid trifecta: Marx for cats; world’s oldest living cat dies; why your cat doesn’t follow orders; and lagniappe October 22, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos October 22, 2022
- Saturday: Hili dialogue October 22, 2022
- Academic freedom meeting at Stanford October 21, 2022
- Pew study on what criteria Americans think should matter for college admissions October 21, 2022
- National Institutes of Health violates academic freedom, restricts dissemination of taxpayer-funded research October 21, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos October 21, 2022
- Friday: Hili dialogue October 21, 2022
- True facts about sea cucumbers (and their butts) October 20, 2022
- In memoriam: Dick Lewontin and Ed Wilson October 20, 2022
- Searches that lead to this website October 20, 2022
- Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister October 20, 2022
- Comedy wildlife photos October 20, 2022
- Thursday: Hili dialogue October 20, 2022
- Iranian schoolgirl reportedly killed by regime for refusing to sing the national anthem October 19, 2022
- Journalist critical of Iranian regime deplatformed here after bomb threats October 19, 2022
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ genealogy October 19, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos October 19, 2022
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue October 19, 2022
- Bill Maher on why Herschel Walker is a viable candidate October 18, 2022
- An ideology-infused paper on how to teach college biology October 18, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos October 18, 2022
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue October 18, 2022
- In praise of my university October 17, 2022
- A discussion of gender and sex October 17, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos October 17, 2022
- Monday: Hili dialogue October 17, 2022
- Readers’ feats October 16, 2022
- “Hamnet”—a brief review October 16, 2022
- Once again science is used as a tool for enacting ideological programs October 16, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos October 16, 2022
- Sunday: Hili dialogue October 16, 2022
- The last episode of “Cunk on Earth” October 15, 2022
- Registration for the military draft violates the principles of trans activism October 15, 2022
- Caturday felid trifecta: A real Ceiling Cat; paintings of cats stealing food; world’s most matted cat loses two pounds of fur; and lagniappe October 15, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos October 15, 2022
- Saturday: Hili dialogue October 15, 2022
- Philomena on the Industrial Revolution October 14, 2022
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year October 14, 2022
- Minnesota medical students take ideological oath including, among other things, to “honor all indigenous ways of healing” October 14, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife lesson October 14, 2022
- Friday: Hili dialogue October 14, 2022
- Anti-Semitism rears its head at UC Berkeley October 13, 2022
- Thursday: Hili dialogue October 13, 2022
- Alex Jones’s damages to Sandy Hook families he defamed: nearly a billion dollars October 12, 2022
- A religionist gives us theodicy October 12, 2022
- The DART mission was a success: orbit perturbed! October 12, 2022
- Travels: Cambridge, part 2 October 12, 2022
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ scripture October 12, 2022
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue October 12, 2022
- Philomena: Part III of her new series October 11, 2022
- Can a person, object, or action be “diverse”? October 11, 2022
- The remarkable physiology of hibernating bears October 11, 2022
- Online newspapers coddle their readers by giving them “reading times” for articles October 11, 2022
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue October 11, 2022
- Philomena takes the mickey out of religion October 10, 2022
- Today’s reading: the infusion of evangelical Christianity into Texas politics October 10, 2022
- A visit to Botany Pond by Greg Mayer October 10, 2022
- A respite in Cambridge October 10, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos October 10, 2022
- Monday: Hili dialogue October 10, 2022
- Philomena is back in her own BBC series, “Cunk on Earth” October 9, 2022
- End of the season at Botany Pond October 9, 2022
- Did The Selfish Gene damage public understanding of biology? October 9, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos October 9, 2022
- Sunday: Hili dialogue October 9, 2022
- On Herschel Walker’s candidacy: is Andrew Sullivan becoming a Democrat? October 8, 2022
- Saturday reading: Glenn Loury on the history of civil rights October 8, 2022
- From Cape Cod to Boston October 8, 2022
- Caturday felid trifecta: Cats and Jews; espionage cats, motorcycle moggie; and lagniappe October 8, 2022
- Saturday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue) October 8, 2022
- Cape Cod: Day 2 October 7, 2022
- Friday: Hili dialogue October 7, 2022
- Don’t forget to vote for the Fattest Bear October 6, 2022
- Thursday reading October 6, 2022
- Dinner last night October 6, 2022
- Annie Ernaux nabs Nobel for Literature; nobody won our contest October 6, 2022
- Thursday: Hili dialogue October 6, 2022
- Maine Professor demonized for teaching that there are only two human sexes penalized October 5, 2022
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ atonement October 5, 2022
- Tsouris at Midway October 5, 2022
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue October 5, 2022
- Fat Bear Week is here! October 4, 2022
- Should you get that bivalent booster shot? October 4, 2022
- After students protest, NYU chemistry professor fired for grading too hard October 4, 2022
- Three awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (and a contest) October 4, 2022
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue October 4, 2022
- A podcast: Loury and McWhorter discuss race October 3, 2022
- Protesting Iranian students may have been lured into a parking garage by the University president to be rounded up for arrest (or shooting) October 3, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos October 3, 2022
- Svante Pääbo nabs Medicine and Physiology Nobel October 3, 2022
- Monday: Hili dialogue October 3, 2022
- A half hour on politics with James Carville, who’s optimistic about the Democrats October 2, 2022
- “It” is now a pronoun October 2, 2022
- One Atlantic article walks back another October 2, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos October 2, 2022
- Sunday: Hili dialogue October 2, 2022
- Masih Alinejad discusses her women’s and human rights campaigns on Bill Maher (watch before they remove the video). October 1, 2022
- Professor in Maine demonized for teaching that humans have two sexes; students walk out and demand her suspension October 1, 2022
- Caturday felid trifecta: Why do cats play with their prey?; cat with a super long tongue; woman escapes Ukraine with her cat; and lagniappe (two!) October 1, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos and videos October 1, 2022
- Thomas Wolfe’s Hymn to October October 1, 2022
- Saturday: Hili dialogue October 1, 2022
- Identify the intros September 30, 2022
- Look to the evidence, but don’t gloss over it if you don’t like it September 30, 2022
- Crowdsourcing the best arguments for DEI initiatives September 30, 2022
- The University of Idaho tries to restrict faculty speech on abortion September 30, 2022
- DART impact as photographed by companion craft September 30, 2022
- Friday: Hili dialogue September 30, 2022
- Nature flagellates itself for creating “harms” and being “damaging” in its past publications September 29, 2022
- Quote of the week: “A university is not a kindergarten. . . “ September 29, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos September 29, 2022
- Thursday: Hili dialogue September 29, 2022
- Kerfuffles on social media September 28, 2022
- Guest post: Some post-DART thoughts September 28, 2022
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Moses ‘n’ truth September 28, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos September 28, 2022
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue September 28, 2022
- The “whole self at work” movement September 27, 2022
- A video: The President and Provost welcome new students to the University of Chicago September 27, 2022
- The rancor of the gender wars September 27, 2022
- Why do modern songs have rhymes, while modern poetry doesn’t? September 27, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos September 27, 2022
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue) September 27, 2022
- DART was a success! September 26, 2022
- Two notes for readers September 26, 2022
- Nature: many Ph.D.s produced from few universities, ergo elitism and bias September 26, 2022
- Free BBC broadcast: Three biologists (including Matthew) on their new science books September 26, 2022
- The DART mission: A U.S. spacecraft will hit an asteroid this evening (7:14 EDT), trying to change its orbit September 26, 2022
- Monday: Hili dialogue September 26, 2022
- Sundance and others cancel a talented filmmaker for “Islamophobia” and “white saviorism” September 25, 2022
- More ideological bias: the National Science Foundation gives grants for people to document what the NSF already claims to know September 25, 2022
- Honey is a Senior Duck September 25, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos September 25, 2022
- Sunday: Hili dialogue September 25, 2022
- The Chamberlin Rock speaks! September 24, 2022
- Caturday felid trifects: Hawaiian surfing cat; Fancy Feast opens pop-up Italian restaruant with cat-food inspired dishes; the wily agility of cats; and lagniappe September 24, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos September 24, 2022
- Saturday: Hili dialogue September 24, 2022
- An exposition of Māori “ways of knowing” in marine biology and conservation: a taxpayer-funded project riddled with theology, spirituality, and lore September 23, 2022
- Jon Haidt to resign from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology for placing ideology above truth September 23, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos September 23, 2022
- Friday: Hili dialogue September 23, 2022
- Is Mātauranga Māori really a “way of knowing”? September 22, 2022
- RIP: Richard Cook September 22, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos September 22, 2022
- Thursday: Hili dialogue September 22, 2022
- Discussion thread September 21, 2022
- Jonathan Rauch: Should academic journals appoint themselves social justice gatekeepers? September 21, 2022
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Pizzagate September 21, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos September 21, 2022
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue September 21, 2022
- Did we discover mathematics or invent it? September 20, 2022
- Why you should read books September 20, 2022
- MIT proposes its own free-expression statement September 20, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos September 20, 2022
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue September 20, 2022
- The Atlantic: We shouldn’t separate school sports by sex September 19, 2022
- New Scientist calls for curbs on “free speech” in America September 19, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos September 19, 2022
- How was the first bit of the U.S./Holocaust documentary? September 19, 2022
- Monday: Hili dialogue September 19, 2022
- Watch Queen Elizabeth’s funeral September 19, 2022
- New documentary by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein, “The U.S. and the Holocaust”, starts this evening September 18, 2022
- Today’s sermon from Tish Harrison Warren: we may get dementia, but God always remembers us September 18, 2022
- Liz Truss’s Cabinet: her inner circle shows “the wrong kind of diversity” September 18, 2022
- Readers’ wildlife photos September 18, 2022
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