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Zed Seselja
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Did James Cook University Finally Get “Ridd” of Him? An Interesting Case to Follow

Remember Peter Ridd, the scientist who studied the Great Barrier Reef and spoke out against those who said it showed evidence of global warming? Read More ›
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Disallowing Dissent: The Case of Peter Ridd

This is a familiar type of story to anyone who follows the news about academic freedom, especially on the subject of evolution. Read More ›
Beijing
environmentalism
Photo: Don't breathe! It's a smoggy day in Beijing, People's Republic of China, by 螺钉 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Environmentalism Is Increasingly Anti-Human, Pro-Authoritarian

The dirtiest economies have tended to be Communist ones, such as the old Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China. Read More ›
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microcosm
Photo credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Arizona.

Evolution as a Microcosm of Other Scientific Debates

The evolution debate doesn’t simply stand alone, isolated from other controversies like the one about climate change. Read More ›
Galileo
Galileo
Image: Statue of Galileo outside Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, by Daderot [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Galileo Affair — A Durable Myth

The problem with science, as Del Ratzsch has pointed out, is that it is done by people. Read More ›
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James Damore
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James Damore and Evolutionary Storytelling

The Google diversity memo story is rich in ironies. Read More ›
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Scientist: Debate on Controversial Science Is “Un-American”

To the weaponized epithets “anti-science,” “science denial,” and the rest, you can now add “un-American” as a putdown for ideas in a scientific context that you don’t like. Read More ›
Earth from the Moon
Photo: Earth as seen from the Moon, by NASA / Bill Anders [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Stephen Hawking: Off the Planet, to the Moon, in 200-500 Years

I am struck by the similarities between Hawking’s call for space exploration and the wailing and gnashing of teeth about the Paris climate accords. Read More ›
Darwin, California
CNN
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CNN: National Center for Science Education “Promotes Science Over Ideology”; What!?

A CNN story laments that some teachers and students are skeptical of climate change. Read More ›
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Tanenhaus
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Journalist Sam Tanenhaus Assails Conservatives on Science

Conservatives have not “always mistrusted science,” and do not now. Read More ›

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