Monday, June 09, 2008

Meanwhile, Over in Alabama...

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A scientist/educator by the name of Albert Gapud, who is a condensed matter physicist and has worked here at ORNL, has written an editorial ...

Concerns About Lucy

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The headline reads " Is an Ethiopian National Treasure Being Exploited for Money? " Well, yes. Concerns still exist about the id...
Friday, June 06, 2008

SERIOUSLY BUMMED OUT!!!

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I had been looking forward for months to the Yes 2008 tour Close to the Edge and Back. Now I have come to find that a serious asthma attack...
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New Grand Canyon Dating

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The Hartford Courant has a story on new dating of the Grand Canyon, long thought by creationists to reflect a recent creation. The article...
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The Joy of Cooking

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It has been determined that, left to their own devices, humans and apes like their food cooked. A story in New India Press relates the fol...
Thursday, June 05, 2008

Off-Topic: Well, This is a Tad Odd.

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a new web site offers to send email to your friends telling them that you've been taken up in the rapture. I kid you not. Foxnews has ...
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Texas Continues to Heat Up

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An article in the Houston Chronicle details the coming war between ID and science teachers in Texas. The story notes: Board members say it...

Scientists: Bush Be Gone!

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Very few scientists will be shedding tears when the W leaves office, according to a story in Wired . The writer, David Duncan, notes: In a ...
Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Kenneth Miller Reviews Expelled!

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And it is not pretty. Miller lambasts the film for the usual sloppy science but also has some seriously damning things to say about how th...

Steve Matheson on Evolution and Calvin College

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Steve Matheson has written a guest post at Steve Martin's blog "An Evangelical Dialogue on Evolution" (now two days ago) on ...

Church and State Battles

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There is an article in High Beam Encyclopedia with anecdotes about people fighting church-state battles (listed "bottles" in the ...

I am Continually Amazed

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at the continued and widespread use of the word "Neanderthal" as a pejorative, as if that were the worst thing someone could be. ...
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Story in the NYT

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There is a story in the NYT on the rise of ID. I won't link to it and didn't read it all since I am extremely suspicious of anythin...

Yoko Ono Loses

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A judge has ruled that the use of the John Lennon song Imagine is okay in the context of the film Expelled! Yoko Ono and the sons of John L...
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Faraday Institute

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Steve Martin has turned me on to a site called the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion . Here is it's mission: The Faraday Insti...

Earliest Live Birth Recorded

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Foxnews has a story about a fossil fish that has been discovered with an intact embryo and umbilical cord. The story, somewhat humorously,...

Polkinghorne Link

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Sorry, forgot to post the link for the Polkinghorne Lecture. Here it is. ---------------- Now playing: The Bill Evans Trio - Jade Visions ...
Monday, June 02, 2008

John Polkinghorne on Speaking of Faith

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John Polkinghorne is Christa Tippett's guest on Speaking of Faith. The mp3 is almost 50 megs in size so you might want to listen to the...
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Things Heat Up in Texas

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Trinity University has held a forum called “Religion, Science, and Evolution: The Pending Showdown in Texas Science Education." ...

British Scientists Take to the Streets

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The Guardian has a story about the 18-month long celebration of evolution that is taking place in schools across England. This has been wel...