Monday, September 30, 2013

Kansas (Again)

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"Who could imagine that they would freak-out somewhere in Kansas."  -Frank Zappa The next generation science standards have been...

BioLogos Post The Rise of the Neandertals, Part I is Up!

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My newest BioLogos post, The Rise of the Neandertals, Part I is up, here .  Comments are welcome either here or there.
Friday, September 27, 2013

Science Daily: "Anthropologists Confirm Link Between Cranial Anatomy and Two-Legged Walking"

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This sort of fits under the category of "gee, who knew" but it is nice to finally have confirmation of something that has been tac...
Monday, September 23, 2013

Josh Rosenau Updates Us on the "Ark-n-Park"

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Josh Rosenau of the NCSE is writing to let us know how Ken Ham is continuing to prop up construction of the Ark Encounter (derisively calle...

Sorry...

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It looks like I have torn some ligaments in my right knee and have been laid up for a bit.  Back now.
Thursday, September 12, 2013

Zack Kopplin Files FOIA Suit Against Louisiana Superintendent of Louisiana Department of Education

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Zack Kopplin, the tireless crusader for good science public school education contends that the Education Department of the state of Louisian...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Discovery Institute Attacks Ball State's Decision to Allow Atheistic Seminar

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The Discovery Institute has written an open letter to Jo Ann Gora, the president of Ball State University, asking her to be consistent with ...
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Friday, August 30, 2013

And I Thought Don Prothero's Review of Darwin's Doubt Was Withering...

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Nick Matzke has also written a review of Darwin's Doubt that has been posted on Panda's Thumb.  This is the nicest thing he has to...
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Off-Topic (Sort of) But Way Cool

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Scientific American has an infographic that is really neat.  It is 150 million years of fish evolution put in a phylogenetic tree structure...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

The Washington Times Weighs In on Ball State

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Getting in a little bit late in the game, The Washington Times waxes on the trials of Eric Hedin and Ball State University and, by and larg...
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Monday, August 19, 2013

Donald Prothero Writes A Withering Review of Darwin's Doubt

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On the Amazon page for the new Stephen Meyer book Darwin's Doubt , there is a review of the book by Donald Prothero, who is responsible...
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Friday, August 16, 2013

HuffPo: Creationist Darek Isaacs Calls Dragons Real, Says They Lived In Biblical Times

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Sometimes I just want to crawl under the desk and hide.  Welcome to the public face of Christianity: the young earth creationists.  HuffPo ...
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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Good News In Texas

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Apparently, the new textbooks in Texas are getting a good review by a group of Ph.D. candidates who have evaluated them.  The Texas Freedom ...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Study: Neandertals Made Bone Points

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Nature has a story detailing research indicating the use of bone tools by Neandertals. Ewen Callaway writes: Excavations of Neanderthal s...
Friday, August 09, 2013

The Carlisle Sentinel Responds to Stephen Bloom

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The Carlisle Sentinel has devoted an editorial to the Stephen Bloom push to have a bill passed allowing "academic freedom" for deb...

Representative Bloom Pushes Forward

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Two days ago, I posted a story on Pennsylvania state senator Stephen Bloom's ill-advised to push a bill that would "...allow studen...

Popular Science: What Pangaea Would Look Like With Today's Political Boundaries [Infographic]

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Popular Science has a peculiar graphic up that imagines what the world would like geopolitically if the continents were still arranged in t...
Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Just When You Thought The Ball State News Would Die Down...

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While the ties to Ball State University are, admittedly, somewhat stretched, the media is playing this one up for all it is worth.  Seth Sla...
Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back To Pennsylvania

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Philly.com is reporting that a Republican (natch) state representative is promoting an "academic freedom" bill.  Angela Couloumbis...
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Louisiana Still Trying To Get LSEA Repealed

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The Times-Picayune of New Orleans is carrying a story about the latest attacks on the Louisiana Science Education Act.  Danielle Dreilinger...