Iowa/area news:
It's not certain there will be a decision immediately, though: From the Iowa State Daily: The Iowa Board of Regents will meet Thursday to discuss the tenure denial appeal of Guillermo Gonzalez, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Iowa...
Posted on February 7, 2008 1:00 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Lots going on next month for Darwin Day here in Iowa--if you're in the area, stop on by!
Posted on January 14, 2008 9:00 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The DI spouts off in Iowa, alleging a conspiracy against Iowa State astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez.
Posted on December 4, 2007 9:40 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Discovery Institute again takes up the cause of Iowa State University astronomer and DI fellow Guillermo Gonzalez.
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Posted on November 29, 2007 7:30 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Chikungunya travels 'round the world...where will it pop up next?
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Posted on November 5, 2007 8:30 AM • 31 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Teaching Adam and Eve as mythology apparently cost a professor his job...
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Posted on September 25, 2007 2:55 PM • 34 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
...is underwater. FINDLAY, Ohio - Hundreds of Ohio residents remained flooded out of their homes Thursday as some rivers continued to rise, while forecasters had bad news for the state and other parts of the Midwest: expect more storms and...
Posted on August 23, 2007 3:36 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Just a quick post from the "weird happenings in Iowa" file: Mysterious chunks of ice pelt Iowa town. DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- Large chunks of ice, one of them reportedly about 50 pounds, fell from the sky in this northeast...
Posted on July 27, 2007 2:20 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Can religion and science get along? Or at least, can scientists and religious people? We tackled the topic in an Iowa symposium on evolution and religion.
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Posted on July 20, 2007 1:45 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sally Mason Named University Of Iowa's 20th President. Interesting. A female biologist, currently Provost at Purdue: During her tenure at Purdue, Mason invested both professionally and personally in diversity and innovative research and education. She raised funds for and...
Posted on June 21, 2007 5:20 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Come learn about evolution and intelligent design in Iowa...
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Posted on March 14, 2007 1:10 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Local "Dissenter from Darwinism" provides unintended irony in his exposition of intelligent design.
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Posted on March 8, 2007 11:30 AM • 34 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Via From Right 2 Left, I see that U of Iowa physics professor. Fred Skiff, will be speaking on intelligent design next week: At the next "Finding God at Iowa" Lunch Forum, Fred Skiff, University of Iowa professor of physics...
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Posted on February 23, 2007 8:30 AM • 31 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Readers who are regulars at Effect Measure or Deltoid will be familiar with the opinions of attorney and author Michael Fumento. Fumento considers himself an avian flu "skeptic," and recently issued a "challenge" (the title, "My avian flu challenge to...
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Posted on January 30, 2007 10:00 AM • 20 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Well, we missed the ice storms that hit a few other Sciencebloggers, but we did get a bit of this: My kids, of course, were clamoring to play in it this morning as I rudely shipped them off to school...
Posted on January 15, 2007 11:35 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
When people think of Iowa, many of them think of our agriculture (for good reasons). Obviously, it's big business here. We ranked first in the nation in production of corn, soybeans, eggs, and pork in 2005. Indeed, population-wise, hogs here...
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Posted on January 8, 2007 1:00 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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