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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 22, 2011

Categories
Science Education
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Rate My Professors: P.Z. Myers

_{David Klinghoffer
June 22, 2011

Science Education

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Let's say you had no opinion on evolution but were simply presented with a video of this exchange. What would it tell you about the character of the individuals involved and the respective strength of their positions? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 21, 2011

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
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My Reply to Ben on Atheist Ennui

_{Michael Egnor
June 21, 2011

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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Atheism drove Nietzsche mad. It drives Jerry Coyne to nap. Read More ›

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Author
Robert L. Crowther, II

Date
June 21, 2011

Categories
Faith & Science
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Debate over Theistic Evolution Heats Up, as Does Interest in the God & Evolution Anthology

_{Robert Crowther
June 21, 2011

Faith & Science

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Steven Novella on Michelle Bachmann and Teaching Evolution

_{Michael Egnor
June 20, 2011

Bioethics

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By painting a false picture of monolithic evolutionary biologists on one hand, and snake-handling young earth creationists on the other, Novella and his ilk build a straw-man to advance their obvious goal. Read More ›

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Author
Anika Smith

Date
June 20, 2011

Categories
Scientific Freedom
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Discrimination and the Parallels Between Frank Turek and David Coppedge

_{Anika Smith
June 20, 2011

Scientific Freedom

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Thought crimes have filtered down from academia into the workplace. Regardless of what you think of Dr. Turek's views, that he should be fired merely for having them is alarming. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 20, 2011

Categories
Science Education
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Vestigial Arguments About Vestigial Organs Appear in Proposed Texas Teaching Materials

_{Casey Luskin
June 20, 2011

Science Education

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Textbook publishers have resuscitated long-debunked claims that the coccyx, appendix, tonsils, and many other functional organs are "vestigial" -- and they propose teaching these myths in the classroom. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 18, 2011

Categories
Bioethics
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Ross Douthat Knows Jack (Kevorkian)

_{Michael Egnor
June 18, 2011

Bioethics

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Kevorkian was the hero of the recent hagiographic film You Don't Know Jack, starring Al Pacino as the thanatologist license-revoked doctor. Read More ›

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Author
Robert L. Crowther, II

Date
June 17, 2011

Categories
Faith & Science
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God & Evolution One of Two Books Named Book of the Year by World Magazine

_{Robert Crowther
June 17, 2011

Faith & Science

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World Magazine has announced that God & Evolution is one of two books named as the publication's Books of the Year for 2011. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 17, 2011

Categories
Life Sciences
Science Education
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Haeckel’s Embryo Drawings Make Cameos in Proposed Texas Instructional Materials

_{Casey Luskin
June 17, 2011

Life Sciences, Science Education

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One would have thought the outcry after Icons of Evolution would have been enough to send a message to textbook publishers to stop using these inaccurate drawings as evidence for evolution. But it wasn't. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
June 16, 2011

Categories
Evolution
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The “Coyne” of the Realm: Gresham’s Law in Action

_{Michael Flannery
June 16, 2011

Evolution

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In Why Evolution is True Jerry Coyne, the evolutionary geneticist who purveys a blog by the same presumptuous name and darling of the Darwinian lobby, invokes biogeography in support of his misleading title. This article will explain why Coyne’s argument is erroneous, his apologetic odd, and the entire effort altogether unfortunate.