Links: 2.10.09

Projected records: Baseball 2009

Wonder how it would feel in Tampa if the Rays have the second highest win total in franchise history, and yet miss the playoffs. Ouch. As far as the Orioles winning 76 games, which would be an 8 game improvement over last year, I think that sounds about right.

Flu: It's the humidity. Absolutely

Winter is flu season in the world's temperate regions, but scientists still aren't sure why. Now, it turns out that the answer may have been staring them in the face all along. A reanalysis of data from past studies suggests that low absolute humidity--not low relative humidity, the factor many scientists have studied--helps the virus survive and the flu spread.

"Immortal" Jellyfish Swarm World's Oceans

A potentially "immortal" jellyfish species that can age backward—the Benjamin Button of the deep—is silently invading the world's oceans, swarm by swarm, a recent study says.

Time to put Darwin in his Place

Charles Darwin would be 200 years old this week. And after all these years, people are still arguing about the theory of evolution that he fathered.
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But there's another reason for the ongoing debate that may surprise you: The terms "Darwinian evolution" and "Darwinism" — used frequently by scientists and the media — are misleading.