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Darwin Awards

We salute the improvement of the human genome
by honoring those who remove themselves from it.
Of necessity, this honor is generally bestowed posthumously.

December 2005

"Where Evolution Hits the Pavement"

The Darwin Awards
Movie Premieres
at Sundance!

Mini-books now available! Take the Darwin Awards, squeeze out stories on Sex and Crime, and you have these two lovely miniature books from RunningPress, approximately 3 inches square! Click on a book to order.

"Intelligent Design" -- any reference lends meritless weight to a ludicrous idea, but... thumbs up to the National Academy of Science, for refusing Kansas school boards the right to cite its standards in their curriculum. For laughs on the grim non-debate on Intelligent Design, investigate "Project Steve" and the following experimental research by Thomas D. Schneider, PhD:

Origin of the Novel Species
Noodleous doubleous:
Evidence for Intelligent Design

Science: Patents

The patent process has run amok. "Discoveries [...] that would benefit the public [...] could be thwarted by an increasingly compex intellectual prperty regime," reported a National Academy of Sciences Panel. Here's an example: Metabolite Labs was charged with attempting to patent a "law of nature" regarding relative levels of vitamins and amino acids. Their response? Attorney Glen Beaton said he would "call it a guideline of nature, more than a law of nature." The US Supreme Court has agreed to rule on the dispute. Science 4 & 25 Nov 2005.

 

New Darwin Awards
Dope on a Rope
Cold Call
Terminal Creativity
Do-It-Yourself Landmine
Caught in the Auger
Flying Dutchman
Human Torch
Spy vs. Self
Snake Man

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Hammer Head
Kills Bugs Dead
White Russians
Overheated Engine
Permanent Prophylactic

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Literary References

"Those whom life does not cure, death will." -Cormac McCarthy

"Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small. Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all." -Friedrich Von Logau

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