Author: David Klinghoffer
Evolution Out of the Curriculum? If So, a Bad Idea from Turkey
The fact that evolution is both important and “controversial” is one reason we strongly favor teaching it thoroughly in high school biology classes.
Dan Graur, Darwin’s Reactionary
To call him this is an irony, I realize, since the University of Houston evolutionary biologist and Junk DNA diehard is a flaming left-winger.
Jonathan Wells: Zombie Science Keeps Pushing Junk DNA Myth
How evidence is interpreted is wrenched into line with the ideology. And this is what we mean by “zombie science.”
“Life Is a Discontinuity in the Universe”
There are 37 trillion cells in the human body, some 200 cell types, and 12,000+ specialized proteins. How does it all come together?
Intelligent Design in…Marriage, U.S. History, and More: Michael Medved, Diane Medved, Jay Nordlinger in Seattle, June 21
Very often there is an uncanny sense of “design” to successful marriages. The natural way of things isn’t enough to explain them.
Fear Factor: Scientists Rush to Assure Colleagues They’re Not “Darwin-Bashers”
Here’s an article from the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution with an eye-catching title.
CNN: National Center for Science Education “Promotes Science Over Ideology”; What!?
A CNN story laments that some teachers and students are skeptical of climate change.
On Human Fire Use, Anthropologists Miss the Point
You’d likely predict: This will largely be about the timing of our primordial fire use. There will be comparisons with chimps.
Zombie Science: Jonathan Wells on Overselling Darwin’s Tree of Life
With his own sly humor, Dr. Wells points out some scientific problems with regarding Darwin’s Tree as unassailable fact.
For the Public School Biology Teacher, Zombie Science Makes an Outstanding Resource
Where do you turn for a reliable, responsible resource to help you clarify the issues for your students?