Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Peer-Reviewed Creationism?

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Nature News has reported that Answers in Genesis has launched Answers Research Journal , a "peer-reviewed" journal on creationis...

Texas Higher Education and the ICR

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The American Statesman reports that the new proposal to offer degrees in science education by the ICR has been met with a flood of emails, ...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Florida Moves Forward

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State educators in Florida are set to vote on new standards that look promising, replacing the phrase "biological changes over time...
Friday, January 25, 2008

Problems in South Carolina

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The Brown Daily Herald writes of a textbook controversy in South Carolina over a book written by Brown Professor Kenneth Miller. One profes...

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More on the Chinese human remains.

Dissent From Darwin

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A bit back, the Discovery Institute promoted a list of scientists that "dissented from Darwinian evolution." Over time, the list...

"Board Opposes Evolution Being Taught As Fact"

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Tampa Bay online reports : SEBRING — Four of five members of the School Board of Highlands County [Florida]oppose the proposed change in the...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Tony Campolo Gets it Wrong

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Another Christian, with little or no training to do so, tackles evolution and gets beat up pretty badly. Josh Rosenau is the one who takes ...

New Human Remains in China!

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Archaeologists have uncovered the almost complete remains of a skull in Xuchang, China that purportedly dates to around 100 000 years, alth...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

The Struggles of "Theistic Evolution"

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The Chicago Tribune reports on the "New Theology" of scientists like Howard van Till, who (like me) accept evolutionary theory an...
Monday, January 21, 2008

Going once, going twice??

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Apparently, a Texas museum is having to auction off a remarkable mastodon skull just to stay in business. According to Foxnews: The founde...

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The news seems light today. More smug sniping about the Papal cancellation of his visit to La Sapienza university. Not much else.
Friday, January 18, 2008

Another Take on Presidental Debates

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Randy Scholfield of the Wichita Eagle has this to say about presidential debates. He suggests that the candidates be asked the following q...

Salon.com Sounds the Alarm

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Shawn Otto, writing for Salon.com suggests that we need to inject more science into the political debate in advance of the election. He put...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The Precursor to Wales?

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Indohyus , a small 48-million year old animal from India, may be the link between land animals and whales, according to researchers. The k...

A Rat the Size of a Car!!

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Foxnews reports on excavations taking place in Uruguay that have unearthed the remains of a rat that was the size of a car. While its like...
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Is Evolution a Religion?

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David Gibbs III, the lawyer that represented Terry Schialvo's family and friends has written a legal memo in which he argues that by us...

St. Petersburg Citizens weigh in Against Bill Foster

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Here are some letters written with regard to Bill Foster's statement that without Darwin there would not have been a Hitler. They are ...

Pope Benedict vs. the Science Establishment

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Breitbart notes a story in which the new pope has cancelled a speech at La Sapienza university due to protests by professors and students. ...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008

The ICR takes on Tiktaalik

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In what is an amazing piece of positive spin and vacuity, the ICR's Frank Sherwin has penned an article about Tiktaalik. It starts: Wit...