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: ...
Knight Science Journalism Seminar: Golden age, layoffs, no ...
Thank you John Cox, ace backup tracker, for running the ship yesterday, while The Tracker attended a full day of the MIT Science Journalism Fellowships (descendant of the Vannevar Bush Program) 25th anniversary seminar on the future of ...
Evolution Wins as Creationists (Accidentally) Switch Sides in Florida
Apart from being illegal, teaching creationism as science is a very bad idea. Students may not be permanently scarred by failing to learn about evolution at an early age -- though the National Academy of Science would surely disagree ...
Cognitive Science Visiting Undergraduate Program
The Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University, Bloomington invites upper-level undergraduate students and students who are graduating from college to apply to the Cognitive Science Visiting Undergraduate Program. ...
Famous African American Scientists & Innovators: Part II
In continuance of the Famous African American Scientists blog in January, below are three more noteworthy and prominent African American pioneers in science and technology. Although their names might not be famous, their work continues ...
Science Use Survey, I would love the feedback
I have been looking into the approaches teachers are taking toward science education in the elementary grades and am looking for feedback from those most experienced, teachers themselves. I think that the internet is providing a number ...
The Greatest Science Fair Pictures Ever [Science]
The science fair: a traditional rite of passage for all American schoolchildren. The nerds who do it well, the losers who do it at the last second, and everyone in between. Add in the fact that science fair projects get assigned in ...
Religion and Science
Assuming science is always correct you can say that creationism has no reason to back it. However, creationism is not based off of science and consequently you can't judge it on a scientific standard. Therefore: objective reality can't ...
Who's Orbiting the Moon?
Do you know who's orbiting the moon? The answer might surprise you. Find out in today's story from Science@NASA.
Victory in Florida: for now
The Florida Board of Education met on the new science standards and decided on wording that may begin the slow process of educating the populace about evolution and science. The evolution deniers kept claiming evolution was being taught ...