Science Is Constantly Evolving
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You would be surprised how hard it is to light a candy bar on fire. Last week I had an inspiring adventure in middle school science education: I was invited to help my son Robert and his classmates burn food for science. Robert is an eighth grader at a Roman Catholic school in Berkeley…
Discussing creationism in 1999, Stephen Jay Gould contended, “This controversy is as locally and distinctively American as apple pie and Uncle Sam.” But even before Gould offered his view, the historian of science Ronald L. Numbers had already devoted a section of his monumental history of…
There was quite the sense of déjà vu in watching Thursday night's episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook Journalist Mark Fainaru-Wada described what he and…
For the last month, we've been engaged in a long skull-a-thon on Fossil Friday. We had Homo rhodesiensis and Homo ergaster and Australopithecus africanus—oh my! So who was last week's unfortunate specimen? From Eric Meikle: "This…
Leonard Krishtalka NCSE congratulates Leonard Krishtalka for becoming the namesake of Nyctitherium krishtalkai, "a fossilized 50-million-year-old insect-eating mammal, about the size of a shrew or small hedgehog," according to a press release issued on October 28, 2013,…
"Two-thirds of Americans (67%) say there is solid evidence that the earth has been getting warmer over the last few decades, a figure that has changed little in the past few years," according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. Among the striking results of the survey: "While partisan…
David Appell, writing for the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media, observes climate change deniers urging geoengineering as a solution to climate climate change. (Geoengineering is the intentional modification of the atmosphere to change the climate in controlled ways.) They may not…
Copyright Eric Meikle Happy Day of the Dead! This week, in the final installment of our month-long Skull-a-thon, I bring a departed human relative. From Eric Meikle, one of our house anthropologists, a cryptic riddle: "What beast is this? Only one clue, and IT'S NOT…
As any teacher will attest, engaging a learner, getting them immersed in their own learning, is often half the battle. Climate change poses a particular challenge in this regard. The topic is daunting and can be overwhelming, depressing, and in some circles controversial. A lecture…