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Darwin Hits Home: Adultery Rationalized

January 8, 2006

USA Today began an article with a steamy picture of a man and a woman embracing. As could be expected, they are not married; reporter Sharon Jayson began, “Some men cheat on their partners. So do some women. Now researchers say it is more than a wandering eye that might cause a woman to stray.” […]

Intelligent Design

Bet on the Winning Dodo: Darwinism or Intelligent Design

January 7, 2006

A new film about the creation-evolution controversy is coming out, titled Flock of Dodos. Randy Olson, a marine biologist with a PhD in evolutionary ecology and another degree in filmmaking, decided to put this documentary together to help scientists realize that they are behind the curve on marketing their ideas. According to the Kansas paper […]

Education

Darwin Wars Continue Unabated

January 6, 2006

The Dover decision did not end the fervent discussion about Darwinism and intelligent design. There are too many articles to mention separately, so here is a sampler: Dover Board Rescinds Policy: As expected, the new Dover school board quickly put an end to the policy that required reading a statement that alternatives to evolutionary theory […]

Education

A Foxhole Anthology: News from the CrEv Trenches

December 30, 2005

If Judge Jones or the NCSE thought for a minute that the Dover ruling would bring an end to the ID wars, the news media should clear up any miscalculations. Here is a clearinghouse of recent headlines: Peruse Pyrrhus: “Pyrrhic victory” is a phrase used by John West, Pat Buchanan on Real Clear Politics and […]

Health

Abortion Pill Can Kill

December 28, 2005

An ugly secret has come out of the abortion drug mifepristone known as RU486. It can kill normal, healthy women, and its approval by the FDA involved procedural violations that overlooked known safety concerns at the time. Source: Annals of Pharmacotherapy news release (see also EurekAlert). The research paper by Margaret M. Gary, MD and […]

Dumb Ideas

How Apemen Learned to Give Christmas Presents

December 25, 2005

For your Christmas amusement, some scientists think they have solved the evolution of gift giving. In an announcement on EurekAlert called “Why we give: New study finds evidence of generosity among our early human ancestors,” the introduction states, “A groundbreaking new study examines the origins of holiday giving and finds that our early human ancestors […]

Education

Dover Fallout Is Radio Active

December 23, 2005

Reaction in the media from Judge Jones’ stinging decision against intelligent design (ID) in the Pennsylvania case Kitzmiller vs Dover Area School District has been rapid and varied. Evolutionists are overjoyed at this Christmas present the judge delivered, a dirty bomb they hope will put ID out of business, but the other side claims the […]

Education

How to Overcome Student Objections to Evolution

December 21, 2005

Biology teachers face increasing difficulty from students coming into class with bad feelings about evolution (11/30/2005, 08/30/2005). Many pro-evolution teachers will be attracted to methods that have a demonstrable track record of relieving tensions and facilitating the process of getting students to accept Darwin’s theory. David Sloan Wilson (Binghamton U, NY) has just the thing. […]

Bible and Theology

Creation-Evolution Controversy in the News

December 16, 2005

Darwin, Genesis, Paul Mirecki, disclaimer stickers, Kansas and intelligent design continue to be searchable keywords in news reporting about science education. Mirecki’s got a fight on his hands: The embattled U of Kansas prof who was going to ridicule intelligent design (ID) in a religion class till his inflammatory email surfaced (11/29/2005), and who later […]

Health

Stem Cell Achievement a Possible Fraud

December 16, 2005

South Korean stem cell researcher Woo Suk Hwang has reason for stress and fatigue, as news reports show him escorted by bodyguards on the way to the office. His landmark paper in Science1 last July that announced the creation of stem cells matching the donor’s DNA (05/23/2005) has been called into question on two fronts. […]

Media

Darwin Descendent Enters Narnia

December 15, 2005

Did you know that one of the great-great-great-grandsons of Charles Darwin plays the part of bad-boy Edmund in the new Chronicles of Narnia movie? After difficulty finding an appropriate person to play the part, Director Andrew Adamson saw a picture of Skandar Keynes and said, “I think it’s Edmund” and signed him up. Keynes gave […]

Education

Does Big Science Know What Science Is?

December 11, 2005

How well do the leaders of the world’s major scientific institutions understand the nature of science? This rather audacious question is occasioned by recent statements by scientific leaders that might raise the eyebrows of some philosophers of science. No serious philosopher of science denies the benefits wrought by medicine, physics, chemistry and biology; […]

Bible and Theology

Instant Geology and Undersea Activity

December 9, 2005

We’re accustomed to thinking of geological processes as slow and gradual, except for volcanoes, earthquakes and landslides, but some recent stories are surprising for the speed and extent of active processes. Run: The Earth Is Splitting Apart: Geologists were amazed to find a rift in the Afar desert east of Ethiopia opening up 8 meters […]

Education

Darwin Display Becomes Rallying Point

December 8, 2005

The Charles Darwin exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History (11/21/2005, 11/17/2005, 10/17/2005) has become a safe haven and symbol of dominance for Darwinists otherwise flustered by the controversy over evolution. This most in-depth exhibition of Darwin’s life and thought will make the rounds to Boston, Chicago, Toronto and London in coming seasons. Alan […]

Education

Who Beat Up Paul Mirecki?

December 7, 2005

A dark sequel has been added to the story of the Univ. of Kansas prof who was going to teach a class ridiculing intelligent design, then canceled it when a defamatory email he wrote surfaced (see 11/29/2005 story). Now, he claims he was accosted while driving off campus early Monday morning and beaten up by […]

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