#evolution


# science    

should we forget about the pandas?

We want to save species threatened by our destruction of our habitat. But what if those species are bound for extinction anyway?
should we forget about the pandas?

# science    

false controversies and evolution in the u.s.

A filmmaker trying to kick-start a controversy to market a biographical movie about Charles Darwin is finding it hard to get attention. But why?
false controversies and evolution in the u.s.

# science    

how the stuff of pseudoscience legend is made

Evolution can explain why you stand upright and have a large brain. It won't explain why you like to watch movies or read books because it doesn't have to.
how the stuff of pseudoscience legend is made

# science    

harder, better, faster, stronger?

Humans are still evolving and a new study shows exactly what changed in our genomes over the last 10,000 years.
harder, better, faster, stronger?

# science    

sticking a fork in bloggingheads.tv?

Respectful debates help us learn and improve the public discourse. But there's a catch. Those debates can't be so respectful that they refuse to call out abject nonsense.
sticking a fork in bloggingheads.tv?

# education    

another messy divorce with science

Parents were shocked by the offensive content on the t-shirts worn by the Smith-Cotton High School marching band: a reference to evolution.
another messy divorce with science

# science    

an appendix to evolution…

Just because the appendix is a vestigial organ doesn't mean it can't perform a minor beneficial function every once in a while.
an appendix to evolution…

# science    

dembski still trying to play scientist

Bill Dembski thinks he can disprove evolution with information theory. But he doesn't understand enough about biology or statistics to apply it.
dembski still trying to play scientist

# politics    

weird things talks to the ncse

Science is under attack in classrooms and pop culture. The NCSE is trying to change that.
weird things talks to the ncse

# science    

creationist science fair bans science

The Creation Museum is running a science fair. Yes, it's the same thing as a slaughterhouse having a confab about veganism.
creationist science fair bans science

# science    

the creationists' unwitting butler

Philosopher Michael Ruse would like his discussions about science and religion to have a lot less science and a lot more credulity towards faith...
the creationists' unwitting butler

# evolution    

bill dembski's tilting at windmills…

Bill Dembski decided to fight evolution using that most scientific of methods: asking his students to troll science bloggers.
bill dembski's tilting at windmills…

# science    

simple answers to simple questions

Ken Ham's temple of ignorance asks a simple-minded, leading question. We should still answer it.
simple answers to simple questions

# education    

cryptozoology, creationism's new friend

Christian textbook writers in the UK are claiming that evolution can't be right because... the Loch Ness Monster is a dinosaur?
cryptozoology, creationism's new friend

# science    

the daily galaxy strikes yet again

The Daily Galaxy spices up last year's barely covered study on how quickly some species of lizards evolve with pseudoscientific jargon.
the daily galaxy strikes yet again

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