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Entries Tagged as 'Evolution'

Answer to the A/C mystery!

September 4th, 2006 · No Comments

Is this the answer to why they hate air conditioning? See
http://tonywhitson.edublogs.org/2006/09/04/whycreationistrepublicansshateairconditioning/

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Video on True Science and Surgery

September 4th, 2006 · No Comments

For the (revealed) truth that thoracic surgeons need to know, this is one video you don’t want to miss. See http://tonywhitson.edublogs.org/2006/09/04/thoracic-science-revealed/ .

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evolution=atheism=religion=unconstitutional?

August 31st, 2006 · No Comments

Maybe it would be helpful if we would more often and more loudly make the point that IF ideas derived from work on evolution were being taught in schools AS some kind of religious article of faith, THEN WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT THIS WOULD BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Once we have made that point clear, we can go on to clarify how very different that would be from the teaching that does go on in public school science classes.

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Tags: Curriculum Theory · Evolution · Law & Policy · blog

Waxman letter on SMART Grants for Evolutionary Biology majors

August 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Congressman Waxman demands answers and correction on the omission of Evolutionary Biology. The list is being corrected, but there are continuing concerns, and we must urge Congressman Castle to investigate …

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“Traipsing” authors on BookTV Aug 26-27

August 26th, 2006 · No Comments

Two of the authors of Traipsing into Evolution, will be on CSpan-2’s BookTV this weekend in a 90-minute program airing 3 times: first at 7pm EDT Saturday, with final showing midnight Sunday night.

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Update: Evolutionary Biology to be restored to list

August 25th, 2006 · No Comments

Evolutionary Biology is being restored to the list, but concern remains over “potential dangers of having the Department of Education involved in curricular matters,” rather than “the National Academy of Sciences or some other autonomous body …”

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