Elephant Took 24 Million Generations To Get Huge, Evolution Study Says

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/31/elephant-size-24-million-_n_1243835.htmlHere's an interesting article from Huffington Post, regarding research from Australia's Monash University.  In their study, researchers looked at numerous generations for 28 mammals and the related size change; looking for the "speed limit" of large-scale evolution.  Interesting, it took "24 million generations for the elephant to get so big, but it only takes 100,000 generations to evolve into a significantly smaller size".  Its pretty interesting that there are different speeds for increasing in size as compared to decreasing in size.  

Evolution from a different view point

 This link contains a letter that was written to a school board in Kansas about teaching alternative view points on evolution and creationism.  This letter is rather humorous and teaches the belief about Pastafarianism.  Enjoy!


http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/

2011's Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs

Hello all! I'd like to share an interesting article with you! It highlights the biggest scientific breakthroughs of 2011. I was particularly interested in the article touting UC Berkley scientists for recreating actual images from brain activity!


http://io9.com/5871725/sixteen-of-2011s-biggest-scientific-breakthroughs

Amazing!

- Dr. Palmer