On your mark! Get set! GO READ ALL THE SKEPCHICK NETWORK AWESOME! Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 48: Physicists Make Weird Things for Science Mindy draws a weird picture in the name of physics, and also talks tries to explain moment of inertia. Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be Eddy muses on the concept of hell. Speak You Mind: Summer Vacation The whole summer is ahead of you. What ar... »
From now until February 27, you can watch an abbreviated version of The Revisionaries (92 minutes down to 60) on the PBS site for free! (Note that I’m not sure if people outside the USA can see it or not. Update: US-only. Sorry!) The Revisionaries is about the terrifying conservative fundamentalists on the Texas State Board of Education and how they tried to revise science and history in ord... »
Forget the Mayans. I have definitive, incontrovertible proof that the zombie apocalypse (sorry robots, you were too late) is upon us. Pat Robertson has all but admitted that Young Earth Creationism is wrong! Okay, clean off your keyboard because I know you just sputtered your libation all over it. Done? Laptop still working? Good. Read on. »
On September 17th, 1683, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (a.k.a. the Father of Microbiology) first described “animalcules,” which we now know as protozoa (although animalcules sounds cuter!). Gabriel Vahanian dies at 85; key figure in ‘God Is Dead’ movement – From Amy. Creationists Boycott Dr. Pepper over “Evolution of Flavor” Facebook Ad – They must have a lot of free ... »
Oh My. For years I’ve heard about the kid’s book “Bomby the Bombardier Beetle“, published by the Institute for Creation Research. You might remember them as the folks that suggested teachers of evolution should be hanged or drowned, rather than let them expose children to evolution. My sister the librarian happened upon a withdrawn copy of this book in a library sale, and... »
Sadly, Michigan is home to an awful lot of racist bastards with guns. The Hutaree group arrested in May 2010 for stockpiling guns and explosives is a pretty good example. Once again, Americans were shooting and plotting terrorism and they were doing it in the name of Christianity. To those of us who have been targeted by Christian Identity folks, this isn’t all that surprising. Christian Ide... »
Hey everybody near London! I’ll be on a panel tonight as the final act of TAM London. Sign up here and then be at Conway Hall at 7pm. »
Over on Boston Skeptics, I’ve just posted a recap of our adventures last night at the Harvard-educated creationist’s lecture. I also link to several other recaps by science-loving folks from the area who attended. The event was pretty awesome, actually, thanks to an impressive group effort on the parts of the Boston Skeptics, the Boston Atheists, and stray individuals who caught wind o... »
