Month: June 2014
On the Origin of the Term “Intelligent Design”
Critics of ID often allege that the term was invented by lawyers to get around the 1987 U.S. Supreme Court ruling Edwards v. Aguillard.
Selective Critical Thinking at the National Center for Science Education
Should students be allowed to critically analyze the findings of science or assess the strengths and weaknesses of scientific hypotheses and theories?
Think About This Next Time You Enjoy a Burrito: Why You Don’t Often Bite Your Tongue
Without specialized neurons, you’d bite more tongue than burrito.
It Was the Philosophical Message, Not the Science, that Moved the Creators of Cosmos
We have written a lot about the revived Cosmos series that concluded on Sunday, but one thing I still find curious.
Kinesin: Fast, Efficient, Essential, and Mysterious
So we have yet another complex system necessary for eukaryotic cellular function that seems to have appeared out of nowhere.