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I found this fine word in the interesting and well-written book Not in Our Classrooms, edited by Eugenie C. Scott and Glenn Branch. You might notice that this is first verb that I've used for word of the day so far.
Vitiate (vish-ee-eyt) [Latin vitiÄre; to spoil.]
v.
to impair the quality of;…
We have happy birthdays to hand out for two of the good folks at the National Center for Science Education. Yesterday was the birthday of the NCSE's associate director Glenn Branch. And today is the birthday of information project director Wesley Elsberry. They are both really nice guys and Wesley…
I found this fine word in the interesting and well-written book Not in Our Classrooms, edited by Eugenie C. Scott and Glenn Branch.
Atavistic (at-UH-vis-tik) [French atavisme, from Latin atavus, ancestor: atta, father + avus, grandfather]
adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by atavism;…
It's an influenza vaccination program's worst nightmare. In Israel, four elderly and chronically ill patients have died of cardiac arrest within days of receiving influenza vaccinations:
Israel suspended flu vaccinations nationwide on Sunday after four men who had been inoculated died in the past…
Hi Joshua. I wasn't expecting people to be finding my Darwin graphics quite yet! Your readers may like to know that I'm planning on setting up an online shop where you can get the graphics on a t-shirt, poster, etc. All proceeds will benefit NCSE. Now I better set up that online shop "real soon now" ;)