Author: Casey Luskin
Predicting the Formation of Virtually Identical Species
A new study in Nature claims that scientists can predict the extent to which a clade will speciate by studying its environmental niche and the prevalence of sexual selection.
Richard Dawkins on Darwin-Doubting Undergraduate Student: “Little Fool” Is a “Pathetic Little Idiot”
If you want to get skeptical students to learn about evolution, Dawkins’s methods are probably the worst possible way to go about doing that.
PZ Myers: Academic Freedom for Me, but Not for Thee
Without the liberty to dissent, the whole idea of “academic freedom” is pretty meaningless.
NSTA-Endorsed Teaching Tool Says Darwinian Evolution “Is Mindless and Has No Purpose”
The National Sciences Teachers Association is promoting a film intended to be shown to students and highlighted by materialistic language.
For Intelligent-Design Advocates, Lessons from the Debate over Continental Drift
A classic example of how the scientific community can radically change its mind, after decades of ridiculing an idea.