Science Education Is Under Attack in the State of Texas (Again)
Category: Texas
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Metaphorical Smack Down of the "Cult of Darwinism" Argument
Category: evolution
Check it out at Faith in Honest Doubt
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:43 PM • 2 Comments •
Where Is This "Cult of Darwinism" I've Been Hearing So Much About?
Category: evolution
I'm not sure where one finds it, but if such a thing does exist, I doubt you'll find it populated by scientists
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:05 PM • 1 Comments •
E. coli, We Hardly Knew You
Category: book reviews
The often unexamined life of E. coli comes alive in Carl Zimmer's Microcosm.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 11:45 AM • 2 Comments •
An Evolution Fight Brewing in Texas
Category: evolution
Chris Comer fights back after being wrongly terminated.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:53 PM • 19 Comments •
An Open Letter to Texas Regarding the Forced Resignation of Chris Comer
Category: creationism
If you work for the Texas Education Agency, don't even think about not being neutral about the teaching of intelligent design in science classrooms.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 3:30 PM • 11 Comments •
Now You Too Can Be a "Skeptic"... of Anything!
Category: creationism
New merchandise gives you the powers of refutation of the Atlas of Creation's Harun Yahya.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 1:57 PM • 5 Comments •
More Impressions of the Atlas of Creation
Category: creationism
Who needs facts when you've got such a damn good-looking book?
Posted by Nick Anthis at 6:32 AM • 42 Comments •
A Book, Stunning in Both Its Beauty and Its Ignorance
Category: creationism
Our lab received a copy of the Atlas of Creation too!
Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:08 AM • 2 Comments •
Social Insects: More KGB than Brady Bunch
Category: behavioral genetics
Social controls play a surprisingly large role in encouraging altruism in insect colonies, according to a paper in last week's issue of Nature.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:43 AM • 5 Comments •
Self-Deception, from Biology to the Battlefield
Category: behavior
Robert Trivers was the first to describe the theory of reciprocal altruism and Noam Chomsky is... well... Noam Chomsky is the man (not to be confused with The Man). What happens when you bring together in one room the evolutionary...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:07 PM • 1 Comments •
Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Good Science-Related Causes
Category: causes
A categorized list of several worthy causes for readers interested in supporting those working for the progress of science in our society.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:37 AM • 4 Comments •
Fantastical Fridays: Evolutionary Biology No Longer a Science
Category: Fantastical Fridays
...according the US Department of Education, at least!
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:40 AM • 7 Comments •
Gear for the Scientific Activist
Category: products
If you love science and don't know how to show it, there are a few sites out there that'll be more than willing to help you out. Here are a couple of examples: At Support Our Scientists, you can buy...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:27 PM • 6 Comments •
Global Warming, Creationism, and Religious Nutcases
Category: global warming
They're all sort of related, so here goes....
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:10 PM • 8 Comments •
Science and Religion: Like Oil and Water
Category: religion
Although Francis Collins' goal of improving relations between science and religion is probably a worthy one, he seems to be all too willing to sacrifice his own scientific ideas when they contradict his religious views.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 10:45 AM • 5 Comments •
Ask a ScienceBlogger: Being a Good Science Teacher
Category: Ask a ScienceBlogger
Most of the general qualities that make someone a good teacher in any subject translate to the sciences, but I think there are three things in particular that good science teachers do really well: showing enthusiasm, making things interactive, and drawing connections.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:28 PM • 0 Comments •
World's Science Academies Endorse Teaching of Evolution (Duh!)
Category: evolution
Today, the Interacademy Panel on International Issues (IAP), an organization of 92 scientific academies from around the globe, released a statement endorsing the importance of teaching evolution as a fundamental scientific principle. The IAP emphasizes several uncontested evolutionary facts and stresses the need to teach science as a means of describing nature through a process of inquiry, fundamentally built upon the formulation of testable and refutable hypothesis.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:24 PM • 2 Comments •
A Conservative's Worst Nightmare: Global Warming AND Evolution
Category: humor
Conservatives in America have become pretty adept at shrugging off worries about global warming, and when it comes to evolution, well, they have their own ideas about how that works. However, this headline from National Geographic might cause some circuits...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 3:44 PM • 2 Comments •
