A higher moral principle that encompasses both science and religion is the freedom to think, believe and act as we choose, so long as our thoughts, beliefs and actions do not infringe on the equal freedom of others. As long as religion does not threaten science and freedom, we should be respectful and tolerant because our freedom to disbelieve is inextricably bound to the freedom of others to believe.

Amen, brother.

“We think what happened is that the cats sort of domesticated themselves,” Carlos Driscoll, one of the study authors, told the Washington Post. The cats invited themselves in, and over time, as people favored cats with more docile traits, certain cats adapted to this new environment, producing the dozens of breeds of house cats known today.

As a long-time cat feeder, I’ve always suspected as much.

Gazing at the enormous organs, she asked herself a question that apparently no one had asked before. “So what does the female look like?� she said. “Obviously you can’t have something like that without some place to put it in. You need a garage to park the car.�

The vast complexity of the simulation meant that it was only run for ten seconds at a speed ten times slower than real life – the equivalent of one second in a real mouse brain.

The new discovery – spied in Madagascar – is the first time moths have been seen feeding on the tears of birds.

Only evolution could produce something this…weird.

What is this squid doing with a bottle of tea in a parking space?