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Expelled: Weekend data April 25 2008
Submitted by PvM on Sun, 2008-04-27 18:37.
After entering the top 10 in 8th place, "Expelled" has dropped to 13th place with Friday returns dropping to 40% of the previous Friday returns. In numbers this translates to $505,000 in 1,041 theatres or $485 per theatre and $97 per showing (assuming 5 showings).
In addition 11 theatres have dropped the movie which opened in 1052 theatres.
May I suggest the movie "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" as an alternative?
PZ Myers: Basics: How can chromosome numbers change?
Submitted by PvM on Sat, 2008-04-26 02:45. Frequently Rebutted ArgumentsOn Pharyngula, PZ Myers treats us with an incredibly accessible explanation why chromosome number can change.
The posting was in response to an email PZ received about the evolution of chromosome numbers.
How did life evolve from one (I suspect) chromosome to... 64 in horses, or whatever organism you want to pick. How is it possible for a sexually reproducing population of organisms to change chromosome numbers over time?
Firstly: there would have to be some benefit to the replication probability of the organisms which carry the chromosomes
