1. Nigeria teacher dies 'over Koran'

Comment #27716 by cosmos1 on March 26, 2007 at 10:19 am

It's not only Islam that needs to be destroyed (Friend Giskard)it is all religion. 'Destroyed' however has overtones of violence whether deserved or not. We have to find a way of educating the CHILDREN, reaching them in some way. If we can do that religion will die out on it's own.

2. Chimpanzees 'hunt using spears'

Comment #26256 by cosmos1 on March 18, 2007 at 4:15 am

Don't know what all the fuss is about. This is just the same behaviour as poking about in dead logs with a twig for termites. Bigger prey, bigger stick.The twigs for termite poking are prepared too. As for the perceived difference between poking and spearing couldn't this just be evolution? One or two inexperienced chimps doing the thing heavy-handedly but ending up more succssesful because they sometimes end up with a bushbaby on a stick!So the trick is learned and passed on.

A far more important observation would be Chimps cooking the bushbabies. Then where would the females be?!