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Bill Nye to battle Ken Ham in epic Flintstone Face-off
If you’ve read this site for any length of time, you likely know how I feel about Ken Ham, the Australian ex-patriot (and accomplished charlatan) behind the evangelical anti-science group, Answers in...
View ArticleSt. Patrick’s Day is stupid… Today should be Make Out with a Scientist Day
Proving once again that scientists are totally awesome, researchers discover first tremors of the big bang, proving, among other things, that the earth is more than 6,000 years old…A few days ago word...
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Geocentrism, anti-Semitism, and the role of Kate Mulgrew in helping Robert...
Kate Mulgrew is a terrible person.Not only did she attempt to ruin my favorite television show, by willingly participating in the excerable 1979 mystery series Mrs. Columbo, but she’s now lending her...
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Do cock-blocking babies have an evolutionary advantage?
According to the research of Harvard’s David Haig, it’s conceivable that babies evolved to cry at night not necessarily because they need to be fed, but because, by doing so, they could well delay the...
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Exploring the links between Nazism and the theory of evolution at Michigan...
The Science Insider is reporting that an anti-evolution group will be hosting what they’re calling an “Origin Summit” on the campus of Michigan State University this weekend, in part in response to...
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On Asses, Asteroids, Pop Culture and Science
I hate popular culture. Yesterday, when I read about the European Space Agency’s Philae lander successfully touching down on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, after traveling though space for over ten...
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“Art of Engineering for Girls” series to begin this Sunday in Ypsilanti
When I talked with science educator Cassie Byrd earlier this year as part of the Ypsi Immigration Interview project, we discussed the possibility, given her interest in teaching girls about science,...
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Mike Pence, who believes smoking doesn’t kill, global warming is a myth, and...
There are so many things I could write this evening about Donald Trump, the events unfolding in Cleveland, and what it all means for the future of humanity. I could write about last night’s seemingly...
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America’s scientists, told that research dollars are drying up and that they...
While I loved the “I’d call Trump a cunt, but he lacks the depth and warmth” poster at this past weekend’s Women’s March on Washington, and the one the girl was holding that said “Have your wall, but...
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Coronavirus is now officially a pandemic. Here are ten things you should know.
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the global coronavirus outbreak had reached pandemic proportions, and Donald Trump, as you can read above, tweeted out that his administration...
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