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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 30, 2017

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, bias, Darwinists, editors, free speech, German, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, media, paleontology, radio, ResearchGate, skepticism, TED talk, The New Yorker, TV, Wikipedia}

Wikipedia and “Astroturf”

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 30, 2017

Scientific Freedom

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On some subjects, the astroturf mob is particularly committed to a biased agenda. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 29, 2017

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, abiogenesis, Ann Gauger, astrobiology, bootstrap, Caleb Scharf, chicken-and-egg problem, Columbia University, computer code, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, matter, metaphor, molecular machines, NASA, npr, universe}

“The Ultimate Bootstrap”

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 29, 2017

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Caleb Scharf explores the degrees of magnitude separating the immensity of the universe from the smallest particle of matter. Read More ›

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Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 26, 2017

Categories
Biology
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", academic freedom, Canada, censorship, doctorate, evolution, free speech, Jordan Peterson, Lindsay Shepherd, PhD, truth, University of Toronto}

Will Universities Embrace Freedom, or Censor Ideas?

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 26, 2017

Biology, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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A teacher’s assistant at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada was chastised after she showed a video of two professors from the University of Toronto debating. Read More ›

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Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 23, 2017

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Bridalveil Fall, circulatory system, earth, elements, fitness, heart, intelligent design, life, Michael Denton, nutrients, oxygen, Pacific Northwest, podcast, rain, rocks, Seattle, Thanksgiving, tissues, universal solvent, water, waterfall, Yosemite}

Rainy Holiday Weekend? Don’t Let It Get You Down — Appreciate the Wonder of Water

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 23, 2017

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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How is water the “universal solvent”? What is viscosity? How does water keep temperatures stable? Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 21, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, data, evolution, evolutionary biology, John Ioannidis, medicine, narrative gloss, Nautilus, pharmacology, Philip Ball, Research, scandal, science, skepticism, Stanford University, storytelling, University of Virginia}

Science on the Rocks

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 21, 2017

Evolution, Life Sciences, Medicine

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Perhaps confidence in science can, at times, undermine science itself. How much real history has evolutionary storytelling obscured? Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 10, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Science
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Center for Science and Culture, coercion, education, eugenics, forced sterilization, girls, Jordan, nuclear weapons, science, UNESCO, United Nations, Wesley J. Smith, women}

Celebrate Science? Of Course, But…

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 10, 2017

Bioethics, Science, Science Education

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Today is the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Science Day for Peace and Development. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 8, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, __nedited, "teach the controversy", Board of Education, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, intelligent design, K-12 education, public policy, Royal Society, science, Science Education Policy, science standards, Utah}

Dear Utah: Teach About the Scientific Controversy Over Evolution, Not About Intelligent Design

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 8, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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The Utah Board of Education last week began the state’s science standards review process. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 2, 2017

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, body, drinking, engineer, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, kidneys, Michael Denton, physician, podcast, Privileged Species, Ray Bohlin, water}

Water — We’ll Drink to That

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 2, 2017

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Medicine

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Dr. Howard Glicksman goes beyond a discussion of irreducible complexity to something he calls “natural survival capacity.” Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 25, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, critical thinking, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, Next Generation Science Standards, Science Education Policy, science standards, Texas}

On Science Standards, New Mexico Falls Off Both Sides of the Boat

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 25, 2017

Evolution, Science Education, Science Reporting

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New Mexico’s science standards review process has been all over the news in the past several weeks. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 19, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, critical thinking, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, narrative gloss, National Academy of Sciences, Philip Skell, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Evolution Institute, University of New South Wales}

Evolution and Education — The Evolution Institute Weighs In

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 19, 2017

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science Education

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Education functions best when we focus not on soliciting student agreement or buy-in to a rigid creed, but rather on stimulating the critical faculties. Read More ›