A few days ago I posted on an article about how boy monkeys and girl monkeys have differing toy preferences. Cathy Young dug into the study a little deeper.

Jay Manifold has some thoughts on potential different calendars.

Boy monkeys like toy cars, and girl monkeys like dolls.

So much for the blank slate.

And though I have no time to crack wise on this subject, I give you the Freepers:

Nancy Hopkins is hunched over the toilet as we speak. Could someone out there please be a dear, and hold her hair for her?

Steven Milloy has the top ten junk science claims of the year. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Whelan has her own list on health reporting:

Kevin Trudeau’s book on Natural Cures which argues that “medical science has absolutely, 100 percent failed in the curing and prevention of disease,” and says that tap water can kill you and that organic food is our only hope

Crichton, on complexity.

Orthodox Jews are getting involved in the Intelligent Design debate. And in my own neighborhood.

In downtown New York:

Several historians and archaeologists interviewed about the find said they did not have enough information to compare its significance with other discoveries in Lower Manhattan. In 1979, the walls of the Lovelace Tavern, which was built in 1670, were found during excavation for the building at 85 Broad Street that now serves as the headquarters of Goldman Sachs. And in 1991, digging for a federal building a block north of City Hall turned up the African Burial Ground that dates from the early 1700’s. In both cases, at least some of the remains were preserved.

A battery wall appears on maps from the 1760’s, but some archaeologists said they have a hunch that this wall may predate that one by as much as 60 years. Some say the discovery of the coin near the base dates it to at least the 1740’s. There is no way to tell for sure exactly how old the wall is, but the archaeologists want to study the material in and around it.

And it’s holding up subway construction…

Researchers have determined that schizophrenics have more sex. Or something like that.

I’m wondering if this guy is faking a “hate crime”.

A college professor whose planned course on creationism and intelligent design was canceled after he derided Christian conservatives said he was beaten by two men along a rural road early Monday.

University of Kansas religious studies professor Paul Mirecki said the men referred to the class when they beat him on the head, shoulders and back with their fists, and possibly a metal object, the Lawrence Journal-World reported.

It’s not like it hasn’t been done before, after all.

I’m wondering if this guy is faking a “hate crime”.

A college professor whose planned course on creationism and intelligent design was canceled after he derided Christian conservatives said he was beaten by two men along a rural road early Monday.

University of Kansas religious studies professor Paul Mirecki said the men referred to the class when they beat him on the head, shoulders and back with their fists, and possibly a metal object, the Lawrence Journal-World reported.

It’s not like it hasn’t been done before, after all.