{"id":894,"date":"2009-02-07T09:42:20","date_gmt":"2009-02-07T14:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=894"},"modified":"2009-03-28T18:26:53","modified_gmt":"2009-03-28T22:26:53","slug":"news-roundup-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=894","title":{"rendered":"News roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

— The Orlando Sentinel education blog continues the conversation<\/a> concerning doing away with the 11th grade science FCAT.<\/p>\n

— John F. Haught (no relation to me that I know of), a senior fellow in science and religion at Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University in Washington, was the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Florida Center for Science and Religion at Florida Southern College. Here are his comments on “Religion and Science in an Age of Doubt<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

— Here is a guest editorial<\/a> in the Palm Beach Post about Darwin Day:<\/p>\n

Evolution by natural selection is the central tenet of modern biology, and, to quote a famous biologist, “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” It is a testament to Darwin’s genius that the core of his theory remains intact, especially since the discovery of genes and DNA postdate On the Origin of Species, as do nearly all human fossil discoveries. Few scientific ideas have withstood the test of time so well.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Charles Darwin may not be here to make a wish on his 200th birthday, but I speak for all scientists when I say that he might have wished for greater public understanding and acceptance of his very basic idea. Taking a long view, it is difficult to see how the U.S. can remain competitive – in science, medicine, and other fields – without being taught from an early age scientific facts such as evolution, the main organizing principal behind life on Earth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

— Review: In ‘The Well-Dressed Ape,’<\/a> science journalist Hannah Holmes analyzes people the way zoologists study animals.<\/p>\n

— The Florida Times Union will be running an article about evolution and education Sunday. I was interviewed for it earlier this week, so it will be interesting to see how it turns out.<\/p>\n

— Here’s an article about Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist E.O. Wilson’s upcoming visit to DeLand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

— Here’s an interesting column comparing Lincoln and Darwin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

— The Orlando Sentinel education blog continues the conversation concerning doing away with the 11th grade science FCAT. — John F. Haught (no relation to me that I know of), a senior fellow in science and religion at Woodstock Theological … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-eq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":884,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=884","url_meta":{"origin":894,"position":0},"title":"FSC Hosts Lectures About Religion, Science","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"February 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Florida Southern College to Host Lectures about Religion, Science: LAKELAND | Just a few days before the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday, an academic center at Florida Southern College will host a one-day meeting about the public conflict between science and religion. 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It looks to me like the publication is rallying the flock to turn up the pressure with their latest story on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "In the News"","block_context":{"text":"In the News","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":160,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=160","url_meta":{"origin":894,"position":3},"title":"Science center explores science\/religion debate","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"February 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"A central Florida college takes on the science\/religion debate. The end goal seems to be to advocate environmental concerns. When comes to the great questions -- like \"How did humans come to be?\" -- people tend to look for answers from age-old adversaries: faith and science. Stetson University is joining\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "In the News"","block_context":{"text":"In the News","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=32","url_meta":{"origin":894,"position":4},"title":"Interesting lectures","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"September 10, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a series of lectures taking place in Lakeland folks might want to attend if in the area. LAKELAND -- A lecture series sponsored by a local center for science and religion will address a question of ultimate significance over the next four weeks: Where do we come from?\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "In the News"","block_context":{"text":"In the News","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3403,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3403","url_meta":{"origin":894,"position":5},"title":"News Roundup 1\/20\/19","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"There are several items in the news of interest to us here at Florida Citizens for Science. We'll start with the budding coverage of a bill filed in our state legislature that could directly impact science education here in the Sunshine State. 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