Real Trekkie Tricorder Invented
Real Trekkie Tricorder Invented – Yahoo! News Forget the hyperbolic title, what’s there is cooler stuff anyway. The researchers took
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Flunked, Not Expelled: Anti-Evolution Film Misappropriates the Holocaust
Anti-Evolution Film Misappropriates the Holocaust The Anti-Defamation League weighs in on “Expelled”, and they don’t buy Stein and Berlinski’s arguments
Read moreFlorida: The Press Conference Video
Thanks to Skip Evans of Big Sky Penguin, I’m able to host the video of the press conference held on
Read moreThe Transmigration of ERV
Abbie Smith is the latest blogger to switch over to ScienceBlogs, taking her ERV blog there. Of course, there’s a
Read moreFlorida: Houses Passes Antievolution Bill
I’ve just heard that Alan Hays’ antievolution bill passed the Florida House. I’m not sure what it looked like at
Read moreCelebrity Scapegoating
A news report says that actor Wesley Snipes gets a three-year prison sentence for tax evasion. Tax evaders, like Kent
Read moreMichigan: Falconry Bill in the News
Falconers hawk bill to let them continue capturing raptors – Capital News Service – MLive.com It looks like a bill
Read moreFlorida: Open Letter on Learning from History
The “academic freedom” and “critical analysis” bills currently being considered by the Florida legislature are old stratagems borrowed from antievolution
Read moreExpanded Horizons and Hugin
Over the past weekend, I got acquainted with the Hugin panorama program. This is an open source free application that
Read moreFlunked, Not Expelled: Watch for the “Mandatory Field Trip” Bump
Remember the “GetExpelled Challenge” kickback scheme? If that is working, we should see some mid-week action in the gate statistics,
Read moreFlunked, Not Expelled: Now Cribbing Answers from Creation Science
Troy Britain has a pair of terrific articles showing the parallels between the “Leader Guide” for “Expelled” and pre-Johnson “creation
Read moreFlorida: Steve Gey Sidelined by ALS
John Barry reports that law professor Steve Gey of Florida State University has stepped down from his teaching duties because
Read moreFlunked, Not Expelled: Not Even David Springer Buys the Darwin-Leads-to-Hitler Rhetoric
Over on William Dembski’s “Uncommon Descent” weblog, there is an uncommon moment of dissent as weblog moderator David Scott “DaveScot”
Read moreFlunked, Not Expelled: Tickets and Ethics
William Dembski is complaining about the people who have stated publicly that they would attend a showing of Expelled at
Read moreAnd Now for a Word from Our Sponsor
We’re watching one of these reality-TV shows with someone doing a survival stint in the Australian outback. Our hero was
Read moreFlunked, Not Expelled: Train Wreck in Progress
With the revelation that the producers of Expelled did not obtain permission to use a short segment of John Lennon’s
Read moreSomeone Was Really Expelled… Chris Comer
So what if the expelled premise worked, but in the opposite direction of what the movie claimed? Turns out that’s
Read moreFlunked, Not Expelled: The Expelled Paternity Test
The folks over at After the Bar Closes just keep coming up with great stuff. Here’s an instant classic from
Read moreAnother Upgrade
I’m somewhere near Dade City, and I just got email that Diane’s weblog had been cracked. So I just upgraded
Read moreFlorida: Press Conference to Oppose False “Academic Freedom” and “Critical Analysis” Bills
My part of the day’s events here in Tallahassee is done; I had about three minutes to say my piece
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