Daily Archives: April 10, 2009

We already knew that a little while ago, but it’s still nice to read it again. TALLAHASSEE — Legislation that would open the door to school prayer and discourage teaching evolution have been declared dead. Prospects don’t look good for … Continue reading →

Florida Citizens for Science board member David Campbell (the teacher who was featured in a New York Times article about the teaching of evolution) will be on a panel discussing evolution in Florida schools April 23. This is part of … Continue reading →

The John C. Gifford Arboretum, University of Miami Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences presents a free lecture: “Disentangling one of Darwin’s great mysteries: The story of climbing plants” given by Lúcia Lohmann, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. … Continue reading →

Paul Cottle, a professor of physics at Florida State University and a member of the committee that drafted Florida’s new science standards has just offered this update on the situation regarding the “down grading” of Physics in the school curriculum. … Continue reading →