Monthly Archives: February 2009

That icon of intellectual idiocy Ken Ham will be holding a Answers in Genesis Conference in Winter Haven on February 20Th-22ND. Ken Ham is not only stubborn, but willfully ignorant. Consider that he’s just spent an enormous amount of money … Continue reading →

You want to see evolution? Well, do ya? Do you want to see actual biological evolution in action? Look no further than the Sunshine State’s own University of Florida: GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Although widely speculated, researchers have now shown that … Continue reading →

David Campbell is a Florida Citizens for Science board member and was featured in a New York TImes article about the teaching of evolution. Here on this blog I’ve been posting about a movement to eliminate the 11th grade science … Continue reading →

Jonathan, your backward whale is wimpy. Yes, you read that right. Wimpy! The University of Florida presents Titanoboa! Partial skeletons of a new giant, boa constrictor-like snake named “Titanoboa” found in Colombia by an international team of scientists and now … Continue reading →

If you take a look at a whale or dolphin–any whale or dolphin anywhere on Earth–it will follow certain rules. It will have a blowhole. It will not have legs. It will have horizontal tail flukes it raises and lowers … Continue reading →

Stetson University invites the public to attend a free lecture by one of the world’s most respected scientists, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Dr. E.O. Wilson, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, in the Edmunds Center, 143 E. Pennsylvania Ave. The … Continue reading →

I wish the Orlando Sentinel’s education blog would provide a little background concerning where they get their information. The blog reports that Education Commissioner Eric Smith likes the idea of scrapping the 11th-grade science FCAT in favor of end-of-course tests. … Continue reading →

Good article about surveys concerning public acceptance of evolution. It’s more complicated than the numbers indicate. By my calculation, that means only 22 percent reject evolution outright. That’s significantly different than the newspaper’s headline. It’s also quite different from frequently … Continue reading →