Monthly Archives: March 2009

Interesting story: Creationism Museum Says Darwin Got Something Right LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A controversial Kentucky museum that trumpets the Bible story of creation and rejects evolution is making room for an odd guest: Charles Darwin. A new exhibit at the … Continue reading →

The Florida legislature is trying to toughen high school graduation requirements. Among the proposed changes are to require: Starting with the freshman class of 2014: Take algebra I and geometry for two of the four required math courses. Take biology … Continue reading →

Radio station WUSF is doing a series on Florida women in science. Their first subject is internationally recognized shark expert, ichthyologist and founding executive director of Sarasota’s Mote Marine Laboratory, Dr. Eugenie Clark. Her website is, appropriately, www.sharklady.com. Walking through … Continue reading →

Senator Wise’s antievolution bill (SB 2396) had been assigned to the regular K-12 education committee and the appropriations K-12 committee. I’ve been checking the schedules for these two committees and it looks like 2396 is not on the docket for … Continue reading →

The Tallahassee Democrat has a feature article in their Living section about the big Origins ’09 event. Among the Great Thinkers coming to FSU are (drum roll, please): — Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and evolutionary biologist E.O. Wilson; — … Continue reading →

Oh sure, science is imporant, but I guess just not important enough. Only 53% of adults know how long it takes for the Earth to revolve around the Sun. Only 59% of adults know that the earliest humans and dinosaurs … Continue reading →

Mark Hohmeister at the Tallahassee Democrat treats Wise’s antievolution bill in the state senate as the garbage it truly is. He then promotes the Origins ’09 event that’s about to kick off in Tallahassee. And it also looks like a … Continue reading →

Since publication of the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 150 years ago, it has been known that one of the dynamics of evolution is natural selection.. Its results depend on environmental conditions and interactions between the species present. For … Continue reading →