Science Is Constantly Evolving
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I’ve been discussing Thomas Henry Huxley’s attitude toward and use of William Paley’s Natural Theology (1803). So far, I’ve noted (in part 1 and part 2) that Huxley apparently came to Paley earlier, and stayed with him longer, than Darwin; that in the 1880s Huxley repeatedly invoked a…
Is our children learning science? If those children are being taught about climate from Florida’s 5th grade science textbook from publisher Scott Foresman (Pearson), then those children are learning from a text so riddled with glaring and obvious errors that it’s hard to know how such a book…
A basic understanding of evolution lets us know that we are all descended, with modifications, from a common ancestor. If we trace our lineage back far enough we will find our kinship with fish over 400 million years ago (mya). Moving forward in time from our formerly fishy selves, we find…
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Donald R. Prothero's The Story of Life in 25 Fossils (Columbia University Press, 2015). The preview consists of chapter 15, "Terror of the Seas," about the discovery and the evolutionary history of Kronosaurus — "one of the…
The California Science Teachers Association adopted a position statement on climate change education at its board meeting on September 12, 2015. Observing that "[t]here is broad consensus that the Earth's climate is warming" as a result of human activity, the statement affirms, "As science…
I woke up last Thursday morning to an NPR report on a new human fossil find. I’m not in any way a morning person, so not a lot of detail made its way into my sleepy head, but I heard enough to know one thing: I’d be writing a blog on this…after coffee. I’ve written about human evolution a few…
I don’t always set out to trick you, honest. But this week, I totally did. When I took this photo I was all pleased with myself, and told my friend Jessica (the curator of the MCZ’s invertebrate collection) that it’d trick everyone. I was hoping that a lot of you would think that this critter was…
As the tenth anniversary of Kitzmiller v. Dover approaches, the York Daily Record (September 11, 2015) devoted a suite of stories to the landmark case, which established the unconstitutionality of teaching “intelligent design” creationism in the public schools. "Q&A with…
A basic understanding of evolution lets us know that we are all descended, with modifications, from a common ancestor. If we trace our lineage back far enough we will find our kinship with fish over 400 million years ago (mya). Moving forward in time from our formerly fishy selves, we find…