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An Oxford graduate student by day and a scientific activist by night, Nick Anthis isn't letting his Ph.D. research in protein structure get in the way of defending scientific and social progress.

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An Open Letter to Texas Regarding the Forced Resignation of Chris Comer

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.

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Posted on November 29, 2007 3:30 PM • 11 Comments •

Now You Too Can Be a "Skeptic"... of Anything!

New merchandise gives you the powers of refutation of the Atlas of Creation's Harun Yahya.

Posted on July 24, 2007 1:57 PM • 5 Comments •

More Impressions of the Atlas of Creation

Who needs facts when you've got such a damn good-looking book?

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Posted on July 19, 2007 6:32 AM • 42 Comments •

A Book, Stunning in Both Its Beauty and Its Ignorance

Our lab received a copy of the Atlas of Creation too!

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Posted on July 18, 2007 9:08 AM • 2 Comments •

Social Insects: More KGB than Brady Bunch

Social controls play a surprisingly large role in encouraging altruism in insect colonies, according to a paper in last week's issue of Nature.

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Posted on November 16, 2006 7:43 AM • 5 Comments •

Self-Deception, from Biology to the Battlefield

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 on September 7, 2006 8:07 PM • 1 Comments •

Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Good Science-Related Causes

A categorized list of several worthy causes for readers interested in supporting those working for the progress of science in our society.

Posted on September 4, 2006 7:37 AM • 4 Comments •

Fantastical Fridays: Evolutionary Biology No Longer a Science

...according the US Department of Education, at least!

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Posted on August 25, 2006 7:40 AM • 7 Comments •

Gear for the Scientific Activist

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 on August 22, 2006 7:27 PM • 6 Comments •

Global Warming, Creationism, and Religious Nutcases

They're all sort of related, so here goes....

Posted on August 15, 2006 5:10 PM • 7 Comments •

Science and Religion: Like Oil and Water

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.

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Posted on July 13, 2006 10:45 AM • 5 Comments •

Ask a ScienceBlogger: Being a Good Science Teacher

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 on June 28, 2006 7:28 PM • 0 Comments •

World's Science Academies Endorse Teaching of Evolution (Duh!)

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.

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Posted on June 21, 2006 8:24 PM • 2 Comments •

A Conservative's Worst Nightmare: Global Warming AND Evolution

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 on June 10, 2006 3:44 PM • 2 Comments •

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