Monday, January 27, 2014

Okay, So Maybe It is Not Like a Toblerone Bar...

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Someone once wrote (can't find the source) that the dimensions of Noah's Ark would render it like a Toblerone Bar.  According to a n...
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Friday, January 17, 2014

When Acceptance of Evolution is Not Necessarily "Liberal"

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Zack Kopplin has written a column for Slate in which he exposes some of the stealth creationism that is going on in some Texas public schoo...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Ken Ham Waxes on the Cost of Belief in Evolution. Dan Wilkinson of Unfundamentalist Christian Responds

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Ken Ham had a personal note on the AiG page about the upcoming debate.  He writes, in part : Because our ministry theme for 2013 and for 2...
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Monday, January 13, 2014

New Study: Ardipithecus ramidus Derived In Human Direction

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According to Bill Kimbel and colleagues, the skull of Ardipithecus ramidus shows tell-tale signs of being derived in the human direction aw...

More Info on the Ken Ham/Bill Nye Debate

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The Columbus Dispatch has a short piece on what to do if you didn't get tickets for the Ken Ham/Bill Nye debate.  The write, in part: ...
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Friday, January 10, 2014

Ken Ham on the Upcoming Debate

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Answers in Genesis has written up a pre-debate post on their website.  "Layman" writes: The agreed-upon topic for the 7 PM deba...
Thursday, January 09, 2014

HufPo: What We Learned About Human Origins In 2013 Will Blow Your Mind

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The Huffington Post has a story on the advances in human origins for the last year.  In the realm of modern human origins: Recent analyses...
Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Ark Encounter Sinking, Ham Blames "Spiritual Battle"

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As has been reported here and elsewhere, the Ark-n-Park is in danger of not being built because of lack of funding. Recently, The city of W...
Tuesday, January 07, 2014

New Proposed Virginia Bill is Redundant

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Climate Progress, a branch of Think Progress has a story on a new "strengths and weaknesses" bill that is being proposed for the ...
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Oh Well...

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The Bill Nye/Ken Ham debate tickets are already sold out .  How popular is this?  800 tickets sold out in twenty minutes.  According to the ...
Sunday, January 05, 2014

Bill Nye to Debate Ken Ham

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Bill Nye the Science Guy is slated to debate Ken Ham, head of the Creation Museum and Answers in Genesis .  This debate is set to happen at ...
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Thursday, January 02, 2014

The Atlantic Also Wonders Why Support Among Republicans is Dropping

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David A. Graham, of The Atlantic, also wonders why support is dropping among Republicans for Evolutionary theory.  He writes: One possibi...
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Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Pew Poll: Views on Evolution Driven By Religion More Than Education?

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Sarah Pulliam Bailey writes for the Salt Lake Tribune and suggests that , buried in the Pew poll on evolution, religious affiliation is a mu...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Acceptance of Evolution Drops Among Republicans

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The Pew Forum has released the results of a new poll that seem to indicate that acceptance of evolution has stayed relatively unchanged in ...
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Science Daily: Neanderthal Genome Shows Early Human Interbreeding, Inbreeding

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More clarity.  A new study coming out of the University of California at Berzerkeley posits that not only did early modern humans and Neand...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Another Conservative Drinks From the Wrong Bottle

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Granville Sewell has written a piece for Human Events, titled Intelligent Design Theories Gaining Steam in Scientific Circles .  As nearly a...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

New Study on Neandertal Burials

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Science World Report has a story on a study done by New York University. From the press release : Neanderthals, forerunners to modern huma...
Monday, December 16, 2013

More on the Texas SBOE Decision to Adopt Scientifically Accurate Textbooks

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Church & State has a short piece on the back story behind the adoption of the new scientifically-sound textbooks in Texas.  They write:...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Creation Museum Not Charging Admission For Children Under 13 in 2014

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The AP is reporting that the Creation Museum in Petersburgh, KY, run by Ken Ham, is not going to be charging admission for children the enti...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Orrorin tugenensis: As Close to the Last Common Ancestor As We Have Gotten?

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Based on work by SUNY Stoney Brook, it has been learned that the femur of Orrorin tugenensis , the six-million year-old presumed hominin, al...