Science Is Constantly Evolving
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The Association for Science Teacher Education, which promotes leadership and support for professionals involved in the education and development of teachers of science at all levels, recently added its voice for evolution. In its position statement on teaching biological evolution, ASTE expresses…
Photo Credit: brianbrarian via Compfight cc Last week on Fossil Friday, I showed you one of the most important fossils of all time. Though you were all quick to identify it as Tiktaalik roseae, aka the "fishapod," Britton got it first. Tiktaalik was first…
Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw. How she longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool…
The center of the universe might be closer than you think—in fact, it might be right under your feet. A conservative Catholic crank, Robert Sungenis, is now resurrecting the long-discredited geocentric model in a bizarre movie called The Principle. Geocentrism is the idea that the Earth…
The first of three PBS episodes of “Your Inner Fish” debuted Wednesday, April 9. Confusingly, the second episode of “Your Inner Fish,” due next Wednesday, is titled “Your Inner Reptile.” Fortunately, the content is clear, compelling, and entertaining; all attributes of the host as well, Neil…
Eugenie C. Scott NCSE is pleased to announce the addition of a further batch of videos to NCSE's YouTube channel. Featured are a discussion between NCSE's new executive director Ann Reid and founding executive director Eugenie C. Scott, and a series of archived webinars…
Photograph by Joshua Rosenau This week on Fossil Friday, I bring you one of the most famous fossils of all time. The jaw should look a little familiar to those who love fossils. But it's not the jaw that made this animal so interesting to paleontologists. What was this animal? Where was it…
How would the creationism-evolution controversy have been different if World War I had never happened? Today the question is answered by Taner Edis. Professor of Physics at Truman State University, Edis is also interested in the creationism-evolution controversy in the Islamic world, which he…
A new Harris poll finds that nearly half of Americans believe that global climate change is occurring and that human activity is responsible for it. Asked "Which of these best describes your feelings toward global climate change?" 45% of respondents selected "I believe it exists and humans are the…