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Evolution Misconceptions on the Fuzzy Logic Science Show (podcast link)
One thing I’ve loved about living in Australia this past year is how much more generally pro-science the culture seems to be (PT blogmeister Reed Cartwright was just in Canberra to visit collaborators, but sadly he forgot Prof. Steve Steve). We have the annual Australian National Science Week coming up next month – can you even imagine having a National Science Week in the United States? Another thing I’ve loved is how there seem to...
Nick Matzke
http://www.talkdesign.org
Categories: Pro-Science News
Atheist group warns public schools against field trips to Ark Park ...
… and Ark Park responds predictably. More specifically, the Freedom from Religion Foundation sent a “warning” to more than 1000 school districts in Kentucky and neighboring states, advising them against field trips to the Ark Park. The Ark Park, says FFRF, is a Christian ministry (as opposed to an educational museum), and they quote Ken Ham as having penned a letter, “Our Real Motive for Building Ark Encounter,” in which he writes: Our motive is...
Matt Young
http://www.mines.edu/~mmyoung
Categories: Pro-Science News
Darwin's Doubt, Signature in the Cell Will Be Audiobooks; Hear the Prologue to Darwin's Doubt Now!
While we don't yet have release dates, we do have something to whet your appetite.
Evolution News & Views
Categories: Anti-Science News
How the Body Deals with Gravity
The human body is an inherently unstable object that needs to take control to stay balanced.
Howard Glicksman
Categories: Anti-Science News
The Human Cost of Animal Rights Fanaticism
Animal rights activists associated with PETA set up Dr. Edward Taub as an animal abuser.
Wesley J. Smith
http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism
Categories: Anti-Science News
New Book by Michael Denton, Fire-Maker, Is the Perfect Companion to Tom Wolfe's Kingdom of Speech
Fire-making and spoken language are the two artifacts of human culture that, more than any other, have made civilization possible.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Intelligent Design, from Cicero to Kant
Darwin himself sought to overcome his own design intuition.
Sarah Chaffee
Categories: Anti-Science News
Jerry Coyne Ain't Huggin' Mother Teresa's Grave
Today, Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
Michael Egnor
Categories: Anti-Science News
Forced Reeducation for MDs Who Don't Want to Kill
Bioethicists would require doctors to perform community service for their thought crime and to attend reeducation classes.
Wesley J. Smith
http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism
Categories: Anti-Science News
Douglas Axe: The Work of Intelligent Design Is Just Beginning
Until now, biology has been deformed by the requirement that all answers be framed in materialist terms.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Bioethics "Consensus Statement" Would Force Doctors to Kill and Abort
The question of medical conscience -- as a subset of religious liberty -- is going to be one of the most contentious issues facing us in the next decade.
Wesley J. Smith
http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism
Categories: Anti-Science News
This Sounds Familiar: Theistic Evolutionist Recycles Anti-ID Argument Refuted Years Ago
Unless they've kept up with the debate, readers of Dr. Venema's latest for BioLogos might think ID advocates never thought of his objection.
Evolution News & Views
Categories: Anti-Science News
Greenland Fossils, Earth's Oldest, Pose an Evolutionary Dilemma
Just right off the bat it happens, "immediately," as one paleontologist puts it in amazement: genetic code, proteins, photosynthesis, the works.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Tom Wolfe: Human Exceptionalist
The ubiquitous attacks on human exceptionalism are one of the current age's worst decadent tendencies.
Wesley J. Smith
http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism
Categories: Anti-Science News
To Practice Science, We Must Philosophize
"Heisenberg would have never done quantum mechanics without being full of philosophy."
Sarah Chaffee
Categories: Anti-Science News
Why Does Man Have Language?
Both humans and other animals use signs. Signs are things that direct attention to something else.
Michael Egnor
Categories: Anti-Science News
New York Times: "Darwinism Be Damned"
Make no mistake, Tom Wolfe's book is a big, big deal in the evolution debate.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Farewell to Minda Berbeco
NCSE bids farewell to Minda Berbeco, who joined NCSE as a Programs and Policy Director in 2012 to work on its climate change education initiative.
Categories: Pro-Science News
Phyllis Schlafly dies
The conservative political activist Phyllis Schlafly died on September 5, 2016, at the age of 92, according to The New York Times (September 5, 2016).
Categories: Pro-Science News
RNCSE 36:3 now on-line
NCSE is pleased to announce that the latest issue of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on-line.
Categories: Pro-Science News
