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Darwin and sexual jokes
Darwin day is coming up next month. And serving as a precursor of sorts, a rare orchid Darwin had connections to is blooming and on display here in Florida. Darwin had made a prediction about long moth tongues that was … Continue reading
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Staver vs. Ruse
(edited: I feel sillly. It was just pointed out to me that this story was published back in 2005. Better late than never, eh?) The Orlando Weekly has dueling interviews up in a story about intelligent design versus evolution. First … Continue reading
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Life in middle school
The New York Times has an interesting article up kicking off a series about education in middle school. I agree that there can be very real difficulties in trying to reach these students. I have two kids in middle school … Continue reading
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Hanging out in space just isn’t good enough
We can take a handful of people, shoot them into space, have them do some handyman work in zero gravity and get them back to Earth. There is very real danger involved. Yeah? So? That’s what the younger generation thinks, … Continue reading
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Georgia stickers lose
ATLANTA – A suburban school board that put stickers in high school science books saying evolution is “a theory, not a fact” abandoned its legal battle to keep them Tuesday after four years. The Cobb County board agreed in federal … Continue reading
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Catching up on the news
Middle school goes beyond the classroom. Boca Raton · In a middle school with a voracious appetite for innovation, half a dozen teachers are pushing back the walls of the classroom. They’re using cameras so that students at home or … Continue reading
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Oh, barnacles!!!
Big barnacles are causing headaches here in Florida. Every boater knows that barnacles are a big pain. Now the emphasis is on big. Mega barnacles have arrived in Florida. Some are large enough to make into a dice cup, a … Continue reading
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Science news roundup
Just some tidbits for your reading pleasure … Evolution can happen quickly: Evolution happens. But it can also stop and turn on a dime. A new study of lizards in the Bahamas shows that the natural selection pressures that drive … Continue reading
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