Over the past four years, two states have passed laws that protect teachers if they present scientific information pertaining to the full range of scientific views regarding biological and chemical evolution in applicable curricula or in a course of learning....
Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America is the title of a new book by Shawn Lawrence Otto, c0- founder of Science Debate 2008, one of the largest online (125 million) science sites that featured a "debate" between the 2008 Presidential candidates on...
A recent poll reported that very few people in the US accept the theory of evolution as a valid explanation for the creation of life on Earth. According to the National Center for Science Education, in a 24-country poll, 41% of the respondents identified themselves...
On Michael Barton's blog, The Dispersal of Darwin, there is a post informing us of a movement by the American Humanist Association to get the President to officially name February 12 as Darwin Day. You can link here to read about the International Darwin Day...
Earlier this week, I had a pingback from Michael Barton's very interesting website entitled The Dispersal of Darwin. On his site I read about Michael's recent trip to Cambridge, England, and on one of his posts from England he mentioned a new film that is coming out...
Several months ago I purchased Steven Johnson's new book The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America. I started reading it, but for some reason put it away, only to return to it this weekend. I finished reading it...
