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When Politics Holds Science Hostage

Anika Smith
April 13, 2011
As Klinghoffer points out, the simple fact of the matter is that adult stem cells are proven to heal, while embryonic stem cells are not. Too bad the favored narrative bars this knowledge from the discussion.

Catch Stephen Meyer on the John Ankerberg Program This Sunday

Anika Smith
April 9, 2011
Stephen Meyer’s series of interviews on the John Ankerberg Program will be on the air this Sunday. Here’s the relevant info: The series has already begun on the Daystar Network, which will air the show with Dr. Meyer at 5:30pm EDT.And starting this week, the series will also air on the INSP Network at 9:30pm EDT. …

Tennessee Academic Freedom Bill Backed by Scientists

Anika Smith
March 11, 2011
Tennessee House Bill 368 will move to a vote by the House General Subcommittee of Education after expert testimony from scientists and educators who expressed their concern that students need to learn more about science and develop critical thinking skills. Among those who testified in favor of the bill were Ph.D. biologist Robin Zimmer, Executive Director of Center for Biomedical Research in Knoxville, and Harold Morrison, a recently retired biology teacher with 30 years experience teaching evolution in public school biology class. Dr. Zimmer has an op-ed today in the Tennessean supporting the bill’s efforts to promote critical thinking, something he sees as necessary for good science education: Mr. Dunn’s timely amendment (HB 368) offers an improvement in our …

World Magazine Reports on the David Coppedge Case

Anika Smith
February 17, 2011
World Magazine has an excellent report on the David Coppedge story with new insights into his background — and new reason to do something about the discrimination he’s suffered. About 14 years ago, Coppedge, now 59, got a dream job working with computers on the lab’s Cassini mission to Saturn. One of the most advanced outer planet missions in NASA’s history, the satellite has been sending back spectacular images since orbiting Saturn in 2004, after a nearly seven-year voyage. Back in California, where Coppedge worked, he would occasionally offer to loan DVDs about intelligent design to co-workers. “I would only approach people I was friendly with, not strangers” he said. “I tried to be sensitive, and if somebody was not interested, …

AP Lets Martin Gaskell Speak

Anika Smith
February 14, 2011
You don't need to be an ID proponent or a Darwin-doubter to be troubled by dogmatic teaching of evolution in the classroom: just ask Martin Gaskell.

Alfred Russel Wallace: A Life Rediscovered

Anika Smith
January 24, 2011
Alfred Russel Wallace is getting his due with Michael Flannery’s new book, Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life. Display “YouTube video player” from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always display content from YouTube Open “YouTube video player” directly var _oembed_e702e65dfa87fbc1cbe2f89d3dc53f06 = '{\"embed\":\"<iframe class="youtube-player" title="YouTube video player" src="http:\\/\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\/embed\\/9xiGfpokTvI" width="500" height="311" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"><\\/iframe>\"}'; In the preview above, Professor …

Icons of Evolution 10th Anniversary: Haeckel’s Embryos

Anika Smith
January 18, 2011
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Playing “Science Says” Is a Political Game

Anika Smith
January 6, 2011
This morning Discovery Senior Fellow David Klinghoffer has a piece up in Human Events detailing the problem with the oft-heard claim, “Science says . . .“ President Obama echoed an often-heard lament when he complained recently that, among Americans, “facts and science and argument do not seem to be winning the day.” According to distressed cultural observers, public ignorance about science is evidenced by failure to accept global warming, “animal rights,” euthanasia and Darwinian evolution.The assumption is that doubting scientists’ claims means you have divorced yourself from reality. Yet steadily accumulating stories from the scientific community itself suggest grounds for doubting that scientists all pursue truth without fear or favor. …

Icons of Evolution 10th Anniversary: Archeopteryx

Anika Smith
December 23, 2010
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Icons of Evolution 10th Anniversary: Paul Nelson

Anika Smith
December 14, 2010
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Icons of Evolution 10th Anniversary: Michael Behe

Anika Smith
December 8, 2010
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Icons of Evolution 10th Anniversary: Dr. Jonathan Wells on Homology in Vertebrate Limbs

Anika Smith
December 7, 2010
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Icons of Evolution 10th Anniversary: Casey Luskin on the Impact of Jonathan Wells’ Classic Book

Anika Smith
December 3, 2010
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