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, ...
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, ...
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, ...
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 ...
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I remember loving science class as a kid. The paper-maché messes, the bubbling baking soda, all of the wonderful experiments… I loved it all. Now, many grammar school kids are lucky to get 15 minutes of science education a week. ...
Where Do The Candidates Stand On Issues of Science?
It seems to me, the Bush administration has been a serious thorn in the side of science over the last seven years. That’s why it is so important for us to understand where our current presidential candidates stand on issues of science. ...
Highlights from the Floor of the AAAS Annual Meeting
National Science Digital Library: The NSDL is the National Science Foundation's online library. Their mission is to organize and provide access to the incredible resources being produced by NSF funded programs. ...
Quest Picks: Australia’s Water-Guzzling Frogs
We scour the web and serve up the best of science, environment and nature content–from the Bay area and beyond–right to our readers. Today’s pick is from YouTube. National Geographic, via YouTube, brings us the tale of Australia’s ...
Doctor Urges Creation of "Science of Healthcare Delivery"
Kim urged the creation of a new science of healthcare delivery that would systematically evaluate which techniques worked and which didn't. He pointed to a series of small-scale endeavors in Africa as models for creating healthcare ...