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Correcting Disinformation on Academic Freedom Legislation

I’ve noticed that misrepresentations like these are often accompanied by citations of the Darwin-lobbying group National Center for Science Education. Read More ›
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Two Days After Warning Against “Anti-Science” Label, Nature Calls Academic Freedom “Anti-Science”

From the headline of the piece you might think you were reading some online tabloid. Read More ›
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prairie dog
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Dogs Communicate, So Do Prairie Dogs – So?

It’s all in the spin, isn’t it? Chirping chipmunks – sorry, prairie dogs – knock down the “the last bastion encircling human exceptionalism." Read More ›
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On Brazilian TV, 3.5 Million Viewers Learn to Say “Intelligent Design” in Portuguese

The launch of the new Brazilian research center on ID is already bearing some welcome and very interesting fruit. Read More ›
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Abusing the “Anti-Science” Label — Editors of Nature Agree with Wesley Smith!

When establishment pillars like these finally get fed up and speak out against the weaponizing of science rhetoric, that’s a welcome and very healthy sign. Read More ›
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Southampton
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Vacuous Evasion: When Keith Fox Met Doug Axe (in a Radio Debate)

Earlier today, Dr. Axe made a telling point against Dr. Fox of Southampton University. Read More ›
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Bill Nye
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Bill Nye Insults the World: “Creationists” Have “Small Brains”

Nye is big on praising diversity. But when it comes to a diversity of viewpoints on evolution, the façade of broadmindedness drops. Read More ›
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Houston Chronicle
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Houston Chronicle, We’ve Got a Problem: Meet Fake News Reporter Andrea Zelinski

Zelinski’s articles portray the science standards battle as a struggle to introduce creationism or intelligent design into Texas’s science curriculum. Read More ›
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Seems Like Old Times: Texas Media (Again) Miss the Real Story on State’s Science Standards

At some point, you’d think reporters would be embarrassed about this sort of “zombie journalism.” Read More ›

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