Monthly Archives: March 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Friday he wants to launch a “new era” of science education in the United States, one that encourages students to ask tough, challenging questions and brings more specially trained science and … Continue reading →

What happens when you find a feathered dinosaur that really isn’t meant to have feathers? That’s the question set by a spectacular new fossil that adds a confusing dimension to the origin of feathers. Previously, experts thought the first feathered … Continue reading →

If you haven’t been following what’s been going on in Texas, you need to. The Texas Freedom Network will get you up to date, and the National Center for Science Education will sum things up for you. The “strengths and … Continue reading →

Florida Citizens for Science board member and biology teacher David Campbell is in New York tonight to talk about the teaching of evolution. Join CFI [Center for Inquiry] to scrutinize the real state of the teaching of evolution in American … Continue reading →

The House bill that is intended to toughen graduation requirements, which includes making some math and science courses mandatory for all students, passed the education committee on a party line 7 to 4 vote.

Here is a story about a Florida man heading to the Galapagos to volunteer his services working on record keeping and such for the Charles Darwin Foundation. Great! Wish I was going. I definitely can’t knock what this guy is … Continue reading →

The University of Florida, Gainesville, is celebrating the International Year of Astronomy! There will be monthly talks, with one happening this Friday. This one features Prof. Pierre Sikivie talking about “The Dark Matter Puzzle.”

Origins ’09 in Tallahassee has kicked off and here’s the first newspaper report: Hundreds turn out Tuesday night to hear Oxford scholar discuss science and religion Greek philosophers Aristotle and Ptolemy believed nature and science were an integral part of … Continue reading →