The cover headline of the Scientific American: "Human Evolution Is Not Over"
Well duh. Why would it be over? Actually, this is a pretty good article. It describes recent findings such as the adaption to high altitudes in Tibet. I sympathize with the magazine staff. It is hard to write a headline that does not over-simplify and make a complex topic sound ridiculous. \ Michael Shermer's "Skeptic" column has an interesting headline that does not simplify the content, but only the cosmos and biology: "Physics shows that cell phones cannot cause cancer." Yeah, right. He claims there is "no epidemiological evidence" for harm (which is factually wrong -- although the evidence slight) and "physics shows that it is virtually impossible for cell phones to cause cancer" (so we know all of physics and biology?). This guy calls himself a skeptic, but he is anything but. - Jed
