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02 Apr 08

The Why Files | 1. Blue Earth Day!

  • Mother Earth
  • It's only fitting that Mother Earth get a day to herself. The rest of the year,
    we go on tilling, mining, logging, burning, burying trash, and otherwise taking
    advantage of Mother.
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10 Jul 06

Skeptic: Vol. 12 No. 3 Featured Article


  • Figure 9 contains the responses for the statement “Human beings evolved from apes.” For non-science majors the results were 10 true and 111 false, while for science majors it was 1 true and 49 false. Thus while only 8% of non-science majors answered true, for science majors it dropped to 2% answering true.



    Figure 10 contains the results for the statement “Evolution correctly explains the origin of life” according to the student’s status as a science major, or a non-science major. Again the story is the same. For non-science majors 13 answered true and 107 answered false, for science majors 1 answered true and 48 answered false.

    • These questions are actually a little tricky and misleading, but the sentiment remains -- a little scary that religious dogma replaces empirical research and scientific theory. - on 2006-07-10
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  • The sample of 176 Orthodox Jewish students surveyed showed almost complete denial of evolution and other central tenets of modern science (such as the age of the universe); the survey also revealed that these students received their scientific beliefs not from their college science courses, but from rabbinical authorities, or from Orthodox Jewish scientists, who in turn propagate the anti-science views of rabbinical authorities. Perhaps the most surprising result of the survey was that the Orthodox Jewish students who were science majors were even less accepting of mainstream science than those who were not science majors.
09 Jul 06

How to Educate Young Scientists - New York Times

  • The emerging consensus among educators is that students need early, engaging experiences in the lab — and much more mentoring than most of them receive now — to maintain their interest and inspire them to take up careers in the sciences.
08 Jul 06

National Center for Science Education


  • The National Center for
    Science Education     (NCSE) defends the teaching of evolution in public schools.
    We are a nationally-recognized clearinghouse for information
    and advice to keep evolution in the science classroom and "scientific
    creationism" out.
07 Jul 06

The Island of Doubt

  • scientists are going to have to get political, whether they like it or not, and start trying to change the culture in Washington
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