Belief in evolution in the US, by education level

Only 40% of Americans believe in evolution (in Canada it's 59%). Among the least educated, it is 21%. Among the most educated it is 74%. Click the image for more details.

IYA Sites 2009 and Darwin

International Year of Astronomy sites: Parteners: NASA, Astro League and AAVSO. Finally the interesting evolution site: Evolution: Darwin

Artificially evolved walkers

I love to look at these artifically-evolved creatures, some of whom seem so biological it is almost eery. You can download the evolution software (written in Java, which runs on all platforms) here.
Via BoingBoing via kottke.org