Is science faith-based?
If you read any antiscience screeds, at some point or another most will claim that science is based on faith just as much as religion is. For example, the horrific Answers in Genesis website has this to say about science: ...
Synthesizing Science and Politics
BOSTON, Ma - Climate change highlights the interesting relationship that the political world has with science. While almost all scientists say that climate change is occurring, the policies of the worlds biggest greenhouse gas emitters, ...
All in the Name of Science
Every year, the middle school holds a Science Night. They bring in scientists from the local universities and research facilities to share their knowledge with students and their families. The topics run the gamut: nanotechnology, ...
Adapting local ecosystems can alleviate impact of global warming
Perrings has presented his findings of the 2005 United Nations' Million Ecosystem Assessment (MA) at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting. The MA is a comprehensive synthesis of existing information, ...
Welcome to the Science Tattoo Emporium
After six months of science tattoo madness, the ink keeps flowing. To keep up with the rising tide, please visit their new home: The Science Tattoo Emporium. (You can also get there via http://sciencetattoo.com ) I have an amazing ...
Florida Science Education Standards: Info About Tomorrow's Vote
Today's Orlando Sentinel contains a piece by Leslie Postal detailing key points about tomorrow's vote on the new Florida science education standards. Ironically, the article is entitled What you should know about Tuesday's vote on ...
The 2008 Twin Cities Creation Science Fair [Pharyngula]
I'm sorry to say that I didn't make it to the Twin Cities Creation Science fair this weekend, and Greg Laden didn't either, which must explain why the TCCSA wasn't afraid to post photos of the 2008 Creation Science Fair this time around ...
SciFri Video:AAAS Video: Let's be Scientists
Check out a montage from SciFri's few hours at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston. Can you spot Nobel prize-winner Leon Lederman? Music courtesy of Knife Crazy. ...
refreshed fish tank
Emma and I spent some time Sunday morning refreshing our fish tank. We have a 29-high in our living room which has been largely neglected over the past few months, causing it to be covered in algae. Sunday morning we cleaned the glass, ...
Secret Science
1963, Red Explosion by Andy Warhol ©Andy Warhol Foundation / ©Corbis. For over 70 years, scientists, by dint of their unique ability to inform policymakers, have occupied a special position in driving the ways governments treat nuclear ...