#scientific method
# politics
Templeton sends a not so subtle signal to the National Academy of Sciences that they intend to keep spreading their tentacles deeper and deeper into all public discourse about science.
# science
Creationists attack evolution with a hydra of bad faith arguments and logical fallacies. Trying to counter them using the bandwagon fallacy is only playing into their hands.
# science
Today's cranks are more publicity savvy and sophisticated then ever, which is one of the biggest reasons not to hold back when confronting their nonsense.
# evolution
A few questions for the Great Creationist Information Theory Wizard William Albert Dembski about the design of the human body and genome.
# science
The best metaphor for creationists might be a misanthropic kids' cartoon from the 1990s rather than a wolf in sheep's clothing.
# science
Like a dog trying to mark every tree, the Templeton Foundation is trying to mark every scientific breakthrough as being motivated entirely by religion.
# science
The Creation Museum is running a science fair. Yes, it's the same thing as a slaughterhouse having a confab about veganism.
# astrobiology
One example of hard proof is worth a million vague anecdotes and personal accounts of sightings.
# science
Evidence doesn't go away just because you choose to ignore it.
# science
There's a fine line between skepticism and cynicism. Are some skeptics forgetting to tell the difference?
# science
How people use the word "theory" when it comes to science shows how badly we teach them about the scientific method.
# science
Got an idea the scientific community isn't listening to? Forget more research and peer review! Go to the people with a conspiracy theory!
# education
Isn't a graduate degree in science supposed to be in, you know, actual science?
# science
Why is reconciling science and religion so difficult? Because at their core, they're about two completely different, and opposite, things.