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FOXNews.com – Kansas Board of Education Moving Fast to Rewrite Anti-Evolution Teaching Curriculum A new majority on the state school
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Improving Wikipedia, One Article at a Time
In a discussion over on AtBC, a YEC antievolutionist, David Hawkins, was asserting that observed genetic diversity could be the
Read moreThe New Year Starts Well
I got to bed by about 11 PM last night, so I didn’t quite stay up to welcome the new
Read moreBack To Academia
Barring some difficulty with grant administration, I’ll be taking a leave of absence from the National Center for Science Education
Read moreWhite river dolphin declared extinct
Be: White river dolphin declared extinct This news article tells us something that marine mammalogists have been expecting for a
Read moreEarliest flying mammal discovered
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Earliest flying mammal discovered The report says that the fossils of a flying-squirrel-ish animal from
Read moreGroupers and Eels Hunting Together
Interspecific Coordinated Hunting in the Red Sea This press release describes some very cool research. Get the full article from
Read moreBack from Travel
OK, I’m now back home from traveling. My most recent travel was to Iowa, where I was hosted by Dr.
Read moreThe Kitzmiller Reunion
I was able to attend the one-year reunion of the Kitzmiller plaintiffs. Here are my favorites of pictures I took
Read morePulling the Trigger on Gunnison Sage Grouse
A report in the Denver Post tells of how politicians in the Department of the Interior have blocked listing of
Read moreNature 2006/10/12
Hmm. Lot’s of cool stuff in the Nature issue of 2006/10/12. There’s the article on the use of ketamine to
Read moreA Small Howlerfest
I’m going through photos to find documentation of the existence of some items that are in my insurance claim. Along
Read moreWhat’s Wrong with this Signal?
At the Consumer Electronics Show in 2001, the display at this vendor’s booth stopped me cold. Apart from putting all
Read moreDarwin Online
Darwin Online Dr. John van Wyhe has been on a mission for years now to collect and make available the
Read moreScience and Modeling the Mind
The October 6th issue of Science had a special section of articles on “Modeling the Mind”. This is something that
Read moreWe Have a Winner!
We all knew that she had it in her to do this. Former U.S. Representative Helen Chenoweth-Hage had demonstrated her
Read moreTaming Wild Water
The New York Times reports on a cheap new device to help people get good drinking water in places where
Read moreIf It Worked for Columbus…
The Eclipse That Saved Columbus The article by Ivars Peterson recounts a tale we know today from a variety of
Read moreTwo Reported Antidotes from the University of Wisconsin
‘Failed’ experiment yields a biocontrol agent that doesn’t trigger antibiotic resistance New drug blocks influenza, including bird flu virus The
Read moreA Glimpse Inside the Inner Sanctum of ID
David Heddle posted something that made me go, “Wow!”. This is an apparent glimpse into the innermost circle of protean
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