Year: 2013 | Page 78 | Science and Culture Today

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Joshua Youngkin

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January 3, 2013

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Science Education
Scientific Freedom
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When Does the Right of Inquiry Begin?

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January 3, 2013

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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To be a good liberal is to back academic freedom, not just at the university level, at which point it is often too late. Read More ›

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January 3, 2013

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Dragonfly Designs Inspire Engineering

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January 3, 2013

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dragonflies catch their prey in midair with up to 97% accuracy. The equipment these living Patriot missiles have to achieve this phenomenal success rate shouts "design!" not Darwin. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
January 3, 2013

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Bioethics
Evolution
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Galton on Darwin and Eugenics

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January 3, 2013

Bioethics, Evolution

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I've read many defenders of Charles Darwin who try to distance him from the eugenics movement. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
January 2, 2013

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, video}

“Intelligent Design: The Most Credible Idea?” Stephen Meyer in Cambridge

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January 2, 2013

Intelligent Design

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Previously, I highlighted the ID conference that took place in Cambridge, England, this summer. Read More ›

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Author
Joshua Youngkin

Date
January 2, 2013

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Science Education
Scientific Freedom
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Making Religious Mountains Out of Fiscal Molehills

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January 2, 2013

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Surely the Guardian is not in the business of misleading readers to drive up views, so the case must at least be a little bit about creationism, or religion in schools, right? Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
January 2, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
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The Non-Battle of Orleans

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January 2, 2013

Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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The school board of Orleans, Louisiana, chose to prohibit the teaching of creationism or intelligent design in its schools. Read More ›

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Date
January 2, 2013

Categories
Intelligent Design
Metascience
Scientific Trustworthiness
Technology
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Science Can Perpetuate Myths

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January 2, 2013

Intelligent Design, Metascience, Scientific Trustworthiness, Technology

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For those who believe science is a self-correcting process leading inexorably to progress in true knowledge about the world, a professor of medical statistics has a heavy dose of realism. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 1, 2013

Categories
Evolution
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Our Top 10 Evolution-Related Stories: #1, ENCODE Project Buries “Junk DNA”

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January 1, 2013

Evolution

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The ENCODE project results detonated what had previously been considered among the sturdiest defenses that Darwinian evolutionary theory could still fall back upon. Read More ›