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The Very Hungry Jurist, Part 1
The history of the creationism/evolution conflict is stalking me again, and in the unlikeliest contexts. I was recently reading Jason Fagone’s Horsemen of the Esophagus (2006), a book about competitive eating that I acquired on a whim from a used book store in Clovis, California. In a…
David M. Raup dies
The paleontologist David M. Raup died on July 9, 2015, at the age of 82, according to a press release from the University of Chicago (July 14, 2015). The press release explains, "Raup was widely known for the new approaches he brought repeatedly to paleontology, such as extensive computation,…
In the Classroom: Evolution is Elementary!
Nikita Daryanani is a summer intern at NCSE. She recently graduated from UC Davis with a degree in Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning, and is interested in global climate change and environmental justice. Last week, Minda went to the National Education Association meeting in…
A preview of Dire Predictions
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Michael E. Mann and Lee R. Kump's Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change (second edition, DK Publishing, 2015). The preview includes chapters on "Taking action in the face of uncertainty," "Greenhouse gases on the rise," "How does…
Answer Monday!
I admit, I thought more of you would get the locality! To me “famous locality” plus light sandy color could only be the Solnhofen limestone. These extremely fine-grained limestone deposits from Germany were formed in warm, calm, shallow, and quite likely anoxic (oxygen-free) lagoons in the…
Fossil Friday!
We covered the Burgess Shale in my last Fossil Friday, and this week keeps up the theme of famous localities. Anyone recognize the distinctive color of this rock? Where is it from? And what is the UFO-looking thing preserved in it? No hints this week—it’s too easy. After all, you can see…
Friday Flicks: Dino-mite!
With the release, and huge success, of Jurassic World, dinosaurs are certainly on everyone’s mind this summer. Being a lover of the original Jurassic Park, but none too impressed by the series that followed, it’s been hard for me to go see the newest edition. But that…
What Happened to the Neanderthals? Part 2
In part 1, I described how I responded to an interesting question about the extinction of the Neanderthals. My correspondent was perplexed. Although he could see how competition, disease, interbreeding, and hunting might have reduced the population of the Neanderthals appreciably, he didn’t see…
Climate change education in the Senate
Climate change education is suddenly under discussion in the United States Senate, the National Journal (July 9, 2015) reports, with the introduction of dueling amendments to a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. A proposed amendment (SA 2144) from…

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