I know that it's not Earth Day. On the other hand, every day is (or should be) Earth Day. Mainly, I wanted to share the link to Jane Goodall's Earth Day talk from the spring, 2006 (see below). The students in my daughter's class were given an assignment to read a biography and then make a short presentation…
This link is to an article on a recent example of ongoing human evolution. It's a month old, so many may already be aware, but I post it to point out that in the debate with IDers and Creationists, we who suspect there's something to evolution are too often caught…
This Comic strip often takes a pointed view of popular perceptions. For example, today's Cow and Boy strip: This seems all too familiar. One side framing an issue for debate, and the other sidestepping the frame because it doesn't fit their world-view. We see a lot of this out in…
Here's a short video that takes you deep into a fundie lecture hall to be taught by the likes of Ken Ham. I learned of this video by visiting a well-written science blog, Pharyngula (written by biology professor Paul Z. Myers). Watching the video is startling, disturbing and depressing. The young children are…
I’ve recently been digging into the family of blogs that goes under the umbrella name: scienceblogs.com. Here’s the general mission: Our mission is to build a community of like-minded individuals who are passionate about science and its place in our culture, and give them a place to meet. The Science Blogs are…