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on the rocks
on the rocks
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Science on the Rocks

Perhaps confidence in science can, at times, undermine science itself. How much real history has evolutionary storytelling obscured? Read More ›
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Celebrate Science? Of Course, But…

Today is the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Science Day for Peace and Development. Read More ›
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Utah
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Dear Utah: Teach About the Scientific Controversy Over Evolution, Not About Intelligent Design

The Utah Board of Education last week began the state’s science standards review process. Read More ›
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Water — We’ll Drink to That

Dr. Howard Glicksman goes beyond a discussion of irreducible complexity to something he calls “natural survival capacity.” Read More ›
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New Mexico
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On Science Standards, New Mexico Falls Off Both Sides of the Boat

New Mexico’s science standards review process has been all over the news in the past several weeks. Read More ›
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Evolution and Education — The Evolution Institute Weighs In

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 ›
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Photo: California sea lion, by Rhododendrites (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Universal Design Intuition: Case in Point

Rejection of materialism, on one hand, and understanding and appreciating science on the other — these are not in contradiction, but in harmony! Read More ›
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From BioMed Central, a Confusing Discussion of Evolution Education and the “Nature of Science”

Kids have headed back to school. But what will they learn about evolution there? Read More ›
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Photo: Vestigial structures? You decide. Via Wikicommons.

Theology in Biology Class: Vestigial Structures as Evidence for Evolution

I was recently reading over the Louisiana science standards, adopted this past March. Read More ›

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