Tag: California Science Center

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 12, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __featured2, academic freedom, Alabama, biologic institute, California Science Center, Casey Luskin, Charles Marshall, Cornell University, Darwin’s Dilemma, Darwin’s Doubt, Discovery Institute, education, George Church, Granville Sewell, Illustra Media, intelligent design, John E. Jones, junk DNA, Kevin Padian, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Martin Gaskell, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mount Holyoke College, National Center for Science Education, Nature (journal), New Mexico, Nick Matzke, Pennsylvania, public policy, South Carolina, Ten Myths About Dover, Tennessee, Texas, Thomas Nagel, Times Literary Supplement, University of Kentucky}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 10, “The Intelligent Design Movement Died After Dover”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 12, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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In December 2005, Judge John E. Jones ruled that intelligent design is not science, but religion. Critics predicted this would mean the end of the ID movement. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 5, 2023

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Education
Tagged
, Athena, Australopithecines, biological origins, butterfly, California Science Center, Cambrian Explosion, chimpanzees, Christmas, David Coppedge, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, free speech, French Revolution, Genetics (journal), Günter Bechly, human brains, human origins, Human Origins Program, Human Zoos, humans, intelligent design, Jeffrey Schwartz, John West, mammals, mosasaurs, National Museum of Natural History, Niles Eldredge, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Racism, Richard Sternberg, Rick Potts, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, scientific racism, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Washington DC, Zeus}

Visitor’s Guide: At Nation’s Natural History Museum, Misinformation on Human Origins, and More

_{Casey Luskin
October 5, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Education

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Mammalian fossil exhibits at the Smithsonian claim that humans and all mammals descended from the “first mammal," perhaps Morganucodon. Read More ›

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Date
June 2, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", appendix, BioEssays, California Science Center, cells, censorship, chimpanzees, choking, Christians, Communist Party, conferences, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian theory, Dave Speijer, Dover trial, dysteleology, epiglottis, Heretic, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Judge John E. Jones, Kremlin, Matti Leisola, methodological naturalism, Michael Behe, Norway, peasants, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, social media, speech, Stephen Jay Gould, Uncommon Descent, University of Oslo}

Darwin’s Desperation?

_{Science and Culture
June 2, 2020

Evolution

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Darwinists easily obtain a global microphone to rant against intelligent design, while ID advocates silently gain adherents. Is it a sign of desperation? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 10, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, American Freedom Alliance, California Science Center, cancel culture, creationism, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, En Arche Foundation, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, First Amendment, free speech, Fundacja En Arche, Helsinki University of Technology, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, lawsuit, Leon, Marcos Eberlin, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Paul Nelson, Phillip E. Johnson, Poland, Richard Sternberg, Signature in the Cell, Smithsonian Institution, Spain, Stephen Meyer, U.S. Constitution, University of Algarve, University of Warsaw, Warsaw}

Cancel Culture Comes to Poland

_{Jonathan Wells
February 10, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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This sort of behavior is not new. In 2004, the University of Helsinki (Finland) cancelled some scheduled talks by Discovery Institute fellows Paul Nelson and Richard Sternberg. Read More ›

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Author
David Berlinski

Date
November 6, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Barbara Forrest, California Science Center, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, Darwin on Trial, Divine Foot, Donald Prothero, Jeffrey Shallit, Jerry Coyne, Laurence Moran, Martin Gaskell, Michael Ghiselin, Motoo Kimura, mullahs, New York Times, Phillip E. Johnson, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, Robert Pennock, Stephen Jay Gould, The Blind Watchmaker, The New York Review of Books, U.C. Berkeley, University of Kentucky}

Majestic Ascent: Phillip Johnson’s Darwin on Trial

_{David Berlinski
November 6, 2019

Evolution

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There is some evidence that once again, the diapason of opinion is being changed. The claims of intelligent design are too insistent and too plausible to be frivolously dismissed. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
December 14, 2011

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Alvin Plantinga, book, California Science Center, Darwin, religion, science, Where the Conflict Really Lies}

New York Times on Plantinga’s New Book on Science and Religion

_{Jay W. Richards
December 14, 2011

Faith & Science

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The only problem is that the Times story seems to have created a supply problem. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 14, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, book, California Science Center, Darwin, Doug Axe, intelligent design, podcast, religion}

California Science Center Bookstore Sells Kids Book that Bashes Religion While Promoting Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
December 14, 2011

Evolution, Faith & Science, Science Education

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Here's a book for kids that concocts a story about how the church and religious ideologues supposedly persecuted Darwin Read More ›

Galileo Galilei facing Roman inquisition, abandoning his views on heliocentricism. Reenactment of an important historical moment shaping the course of science and religion.

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Author
Joshua Youngkin

Date
November 24, 2011

Categories
Astronomy
History of Science
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __nedited, academic freedom, California Science Center, Cassini mission, Darwinian theory, David Coppedge, discrimination, Free Science, free speech, Galileo Affair, Granville Sewell, Inquisition, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, lawsuit, Lynn Margulis, Martin Gaskell, NASA, Nation, persecution, Saturn, Star Chamber}

Please, NASA, No More Galileos!

_{Joshua Youngkin
November 24, 2011

Astronomy, History of Science, Scientific Freedom

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The David Coppedge case stands as an egregious instance of intolerance toward scientific dissent, so much so that it merits your attention and action, for Caltech runs JPL under contract with NASA, a government agency, and is thus indirectly accountable to the electorate, by which I mean you, dear reader. Read More ›

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Date
October 11, 2011

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, California Science Center, Doug Axe, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Nation, space shuttle, The Edge of Evolution}

California Science Center (You Remember Them) Gets Space Shuttle Endeavor

_{Science and Culture
October 11, 2011

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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That's the CSC which had to shell out $110,000 to settle a viewpoint-discrimination lawsuit over the Center's canceling a screening of Darwin's Dilemma. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 6, 2011

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, California Science Center}

On the Fundamental Difference Between Darwin-Inspired and Intelligent Design-Inspired Lawsuits

_{Casey Luskin
September 6, 2011

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Scientific Freedom

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"Litigation" is often treated as if it were dirty word, but to litigate simply means you are asserting a right; this can be done for the good, or it can be done for ill. Read More ›