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Storms over new Utah science standards?
Utah's new state standards for middle school science education are on hold, reports the Salt Lake Tribune (February 9, 2015) — and evolution and climate change may be the reason.
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Darwin Day resolution in Arizona
Arizona state representatives Andrew Sherwood and Rebecca Rios, sponsors of the resolution
House Resolution 2002 (PDF), introduced in the Arizona House of Representatives on February 9, 2015, would, if enacted, express the House's recognition of February 12, 2015, as International Darwin Day.
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Darwin Day resolution in the Senate
Richard Blumenthal
Senate Resolution 66 (PDF), introduced in the United States Senate on February 4, 2015, would, if passed, express the Senate's support of designating February 12, 2015, as Darwin Day, and its recognition of "Charles Darwin as a worthy symbol on which to celebrate the achievements of reason, science, and the advancement of human knowledge."
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Darwin Day resolution in Congress
Jim Himes
House Resolution 67 (PDF), introduced in the United States House of Representatives on February 2, 2015, would, if passed, express the House's support of designating February 12, 2015, as Darwin Day, and its recognition of "Charles Darwin as a worthy symbol on which to focus and around which to build a global celebration of science and humanity intended to promote a common bond among all of Earth's peoples."
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Ark Park will sue over employment discrimination
Wave 3, which appears to be Channel 3 in Louisville, Kentucky, reported yesterday that the Ark Park indeed plans to sue the state over tax incentives that were denied last month. Wave 3 reports, Lawyers say this encounter is about to make an appearance in court and it’s all over tax incentives. The lawyer for the Ark Encounter says it will sue the state in federal court to try to regain the rebates it believes...
Matt Young
http://www.mines.edu/~mmyoung
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The Third Way of Evolution announced, but fails to cohere
At Jerry Coyne’s bl*g Why Evolution Is True he has a new post calling attention to a web site on The Third Way of Evolution. It was apparently put up last year by James Shapiro, Denis Noble, and Raju Pookottil. It presents statements by 43 people expressing their view that a new Way of Evolution is needed. It has apparently been up for over 8 months, but only recently was mentioned by Denyse O’Leary at...
Joe Felsenstein
http://evolution.gs.washington.edu/felsenstein.html
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Delving into the History of Insects
What comes to mind when you think about insects? For a lot of people, the word sends a shiver up their spine as they imagine the tiny, creeping legs, buzzing wings, stinging tails, and biting fangs. But what those people may not know is that insects comprise one of the most important classes of animal; there are more species of insect than any other animal group, and they can claim being the first animals...
Emily Thompson
http://cartwrig.ht/people/
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Problem 6: Molecular Biology Has Failed to Yield a Grand "Tree of Life"
When fossils failed to demonstrate that animals evolved from a common ancestor, evolutionary scientists turned to another type of evidence.
Casey Luskin
http://www.discovery.org/p/188
Categories: Anti-Science News
Catholics Honor Discovery Fellow Wesley J. Smith
The Cardinal John J. O'Connor award of Legatus, the national organization of lay Catholics, was given in Naples, Florida, on Saturday.
Bruce Chapman
http://www.discovery.org/p/7
Categories: Anti-Science News
Please Keep Our Friend Michael Medved, a Crucial Member of Our Discovery Institute Family, in Your Prayers
Faced with the same urgent challenge, could I speak about it so bravely and positively as he did just now? I don't think so.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Welcoming The Stream, an Important News Source on Science, Culture, and More
Our friend and frequent ENV contributor Jay Richards is awesomely gifted.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
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Human Extinction Is the Logical Corollary of Animal Rights Thinking
In a rare rebuttal to animal rights ideology, Philosophy Today has published a piece by Rhys Southan, apparently a reformed animal rights believer.
Wesley J. Smith
http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism
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A Third Rotary Motor Has Now Been Found in Bacteria
The flagellum, ATP synthase, and a gliding motor: that's three independent, irreducibly complex rotary engines in some of the "simplest" living things.
Evolution News & Views
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On Academic Freedom Bills and More, Here's Why I Rarely Trust Reporters: The Case of Patrick Anderson
Yesterday a reporter at the Argus Leader in South Dakota called to interview me. We discussed a bill that's recently been submitted in his state.
Casey Luskin
http://www.discovery.org/p/188
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If the Number Pi Were Set to Music
This is what it would sound like....
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
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What Darwin's Darlings Need to Know about David Hume
As Alfred Russel Wallace observed, "Such a simple fact as the existence of flying fish [i.e., the Exocoetidae family] could never be proved, if Hume's argument is a good one."
Michael Flannery
http://www.discovery.org/p/471
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Problem 5: Abrupt Appearance of Species in the Fossil Record Does Not Support Darwinian Evolution
The origin of whales has been called a "poster child for macroevolution."
Casey Luskin
http://www.discovery.org/p/188
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More from Nobel Laureate Charles Townes on Scientific Evidence of Design and Purpose in the Cosmos
In case you wondered if Townes's comment on intelligent design was just a stray remark not representative of his general thinking, read on.
Casey Luskin
http://www.discovery.org/p/188
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Privileged Species with Michael Denton Is Now on Blu-Ray
Dr. Denton shows how the universe is the splendid and fantastically intricate setting specifically designed for a precious jewel.
Evolution News & Views
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Join Us for the 2015 Westminster Conference on Science and Faith! And Don't Miss the Early Bird Special
The conference will feature renowned Oxford University mathematics professor John Lennox and Discovery Institute geneticist Michael Denton.
Evolution News & Views
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