So, the Con-Dems are not only cutting back on science funding but also trying to cut back on regulation. http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100804/full/466674a.html Health secretary Andrew Lansley announced that the number of health agencies will be reduced from 18 to “between eight and ten”, to reduce overlap between the bodies and save £180 million Part of this is [...]
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I’ve been a bit behind with my Nature reading so only just picked this up. If you can access this article then try http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100707/full/466174a.html?success=true The abstract:- A once-threatened population of African fish is now providing a view of evolution in action. Laura Spinney asks what Lake Victoria cichlids have revealed about speciation. Basically, the cichlids [...]
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Adaptation, evolution and speciation. These are different things, that’s they they have different words. How many times must I hear/see people say that you can not see evolution happening, only adaptation, therefore Darwin was wrong. The following definitions are taken from http://dictionary.oed.com/ Adaptation 5. Biol. Organic modification by which an organism or species becomes adapted [...]
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