Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Meanwhile, over in...Azerbaijan?

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Apparently, Azerbaijan is experiencing some controversy regarding the age of the earth.  Durna Safarova of Eurasianet.org writes: “And it...
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Sunday, April 23, 2017

Julie Chang: State panel limits teaching phenomena that challenge evolution

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As Don McLeroy suggested, I hunted up Julie Chang's article covering the State Board of Education in Texas.  Here is what she writes: ...
Saturday, April 22, 2017

Is Homo floresiensis a Sister Species of Homo habilis?

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A short blurb in Science Magazine attempts to lay to rest one of the nagging questions in recent human evolution: where did the diminutive...
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Friday, April 21, 2017

Slightly Off-Topic: The March for Science

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The Christian Science Monitor wonders aloud if science and political activism can co-exist.  Amanda Paulson writes: The foray into activi...
Thursday, April 20, 2017

Texas State Board of Education In the Crosshairs Again

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The Texas State Board of Education is revising standards for science again, in response to criticisms that they allow for the teaching of cr...
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Off Topic: Freeze Frame!

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It seems that we are having a hard time getting our aging rockers to live past the age of 71.  The latest casualty is J. Geils, who's ba...
Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Creationism in Ireland and "Alternative Facts"

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I am not sure how this term “alternative facts” managed to become common parlance. The Irish news is reporting on a traveling roadshow that ...
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Friday, April 07, 2017

Arkansas Creationism Bill DOA

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In a short note, NCSE is reporting that the Arkansas bill authorizing the teaching of creationism and ID alongside evolution never made it t...
Wednesday, April 05, 2017

New BioLogos Post on Xuchang Hominins is Up

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My BioLogos post on the Xuchang hominins is up.  Comments welcome there and here.
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Monday, March 27, 2017

James McGrath: The Implications of Creationism

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James McGrath has put together a nifty flow chart showing the implications of young earth creationism.  Enjoy.    The problem, of co...
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Saturday, March 25, 2017

The Onion: Archaeologists Uncover Last Human To Die Happy

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The Onion has a story on how a team of archaeologists has discovered the last human to die happy : “It’s truly incredible—Felix unequivoca...
Friday, March 24, 2017

Increased Blood Flow to the Brain Helped Human Intelligence

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PhysOrg is running a story about research that focuses on the role that blood flow played in the evolution of human intelligence.  Roger Se...

PSA Undetectable

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Yay.  Still cancer-free!
Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Meanwhile, in Florida...

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NBC2 in Florida reports that a bill has been promoted in the legislature that would allow more "academic freedom" in teaching cont...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Meanwhile, Back in Texas...

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It seems that the ghost of Don McLeroy looms large in the Lone Star State.  From HuffPo : Legislators in Texas are considering a bill tha...
Friday, March 17, 2017

400,000-Year Old Cranium Found in Portugal

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A multinational research team has discovered a fossil human at the site of Aroeira, in Portugal.  From the story in EurekAlert: The craniu...
Thursday, March 16, 2017

A Plug for Resurrecting Orthodoxy

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Joel Edmund Anderson, the author of the excellent The Heresy of Ham , has a blog called Resurrecting Orthodoxy in which he tackles weighty ...
Tuesday, March 07, 2017

Another Human Species in China?

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The Christian Science Monitor and other outlets are reporting on a new find from Xuchang, China, that seems to possess intermediate traits ...
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Monday, March 06, 2017

Todd Wood on Is Genesis History?

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Todd Wood has a post on the reactions to the film Is Genesis History? and he makes some very good points and a couple of lousy ones.  Firs...
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Is Genesis History?: UPDATE

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Oh well, so much for not seeing the film.  My brother-in-law went and saw it and want to discuss it with me.  Since I know that he has YEC s...