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Here’s some not entirely unsuccessful science humor from the National Center for Science Education, taking down creationist Ray Comfort and his ridiculous “special” version of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species.” [Video]
Evolution, Creationism, Ray Comfort, charles darwin, Bananas, Right Wing, Anti-Science, Eugenie Scott, NCSE
The intellectual mismatch of the year: NCSE executive director Eugenie C. Scott vs. creationist Ray Comfort. How Creationist ‘Origin’ Distorts Darwin. Ray Comfort and I agree that “science is a wonderful discipline, to which we are deeply indebted.” We agree that it would be nice for students to get ...
Evolution, Creationism, Ray Comfort, charles darwin, Bananas, Right Wing, Anti-Science, Eugenie Scott
Former teen idol Kirk Cameron and his idiot creationist pal Ray Comfort are distributing a new edition of Charles Darwin’s “The Origin of Species” — with an introduction “explaining” how Darwin’s scientific theory led directly to Adolf Hitler, among other mind-bendingly dumb creationist tropes. Darwin is spinning in his grave ...
Evolution, Creationism, Ray Comfort, charles darwin, Bananas, Anti-Science, Kirk Cameron
I thought I’d seen everything. Then I saw this completely crazy anti-evolution article at the web’s craziest right wing site, Weird Nut Daily: ’Origin of Species’ edition debunks evolution. That’s right. They’re claiming that Darwin’s ground-breaking work “The Origin of Species” is an anti-evolution book. You almost have to bow ...
Evolution, Creationism, Ray Comfort, charles darwin, Bananas, Right Wing, Anti-Science
Sure to be argued over, here’s the trailer for the soon to be released Charles Darwin biopic Creation, with Paul Bettany playing the most troublesome scientist of all time. Adapted from the book Annie’s Box: Charles Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution by Randal Keynes. [Video]
Evolution, Science, Natural Selection, charles darwin, Creation, Films, Documentary
The BBC still does documentaries like no one else. This special hosted by David Attenborough for the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birthday is beautifully produced and filmed, and actually informative as well. It’s posted in six parts at YouTube: [Video] [Video] [Video] [Vi deo] [Video] [Video] (Hat tip: Jimmah.) ...
Evolution, Science, Natural Selection, charles darwin, BBC, David Attenborough, Video
Here’s a look at the Vatican’s walking-on-eggshells attitude toward Darwin’s theory of evolution, and their apparent dismissal of the “intelligent design” form of creationism: Reconciling Science, Religion. “The ongoing and vigorous engagement of the Catholic Church with evolutionary theory reflects, in my opinion, a fluid and dynamic pathway that ...
charles darwin, catholic church, Vatican, Pope Benedict, Intelligent Design, discovery institute, Creationism, Evolution
The latest jaw-dropping spin from the creationists on the Texas State Board of Education: Darwin would have wanted us to teach creationism. Complete with classic out of context, deceptive Darwin quotes! They’re shameless. Darwin himself would not have supported censorship of the scientific weaknesses of his own theory. ...
Evolution, Creationism, discovery institute, Science, charles darwin, Quote Mine, Texas
A poster that fills me with hope.
Evolution, Science, Natural Selection, charles darwin, Change, Hope
On Charles Darwin’s birthday, the Chairman of Virginia’s Republican Party stammers out, “Darwin is best known for the theory of evolution, arguing that men are not only, quote, are, are only, not, not created, but they are not equal, as more, as some are more evolved. Whereas Darwin’s theory was ...
Evolution, Science, Natural Selection, charles darwin, GOP, Republican Party, Virginia
Read it and weep (or if you’re a creationist, throw a party): On Darwin’s Birthday, Only 4 in 10 Believe in Evolution. But if you look at the actual results, that headline’s a little skewed. It doesn’t mean that 60% of Americans reject science; it means that 39% accept the ...
Evolution, Science, Natural Selection, charles darwin, Gallup Poll
My favorite part is the Dover, Pennsylvania science teachers. [Video] Put together by The Society for the Study of Evolution.
One of the enduring falsehoods repeated endlessly by anti-evolution fanatics is that there are no “transitional fossils” — intermediate species that share characteristics with two distinct groups of animals. Here’s a good article at LiveScience on the many examples of transitional fossils that have already been discovered: Fossils Reveal Truth ...
Evolution, Science, Natural Selection, charles darwin, transitional fossil
It’s the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of the most influential scientists in history, Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution by natural selection is still being vehemently denounced by zealots. Here’s part one of a well done show on Darwin’s breakthroughs and the effects of his work on ...
The 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin is this Thursday, February 12th, and the National Geographic Channel has another interesting show tonight that retraces Darwin’s famous expedition to the Galapagos archipelago in the eastern Pacific Ocean, using his diary and field notes as a travel guide: Darwin’s Secret ...
Evolution, Science, National Geographic, Natural Selection, charles darwin
Biologists have discovered that a rare pink iguana found only on a single volcano in the Galapagos Islands is a surprising example of ancient evolutionary diversification—and Charles Darwin never even saw it. Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos islands in 1835 but didn’t make it to the northernmost volcano, Volcan ...
12 Elegant Examples of Evolution, compiled by the editors of Nature to celebrate the upcoming 200th birthday of Charles Darwin. Dinosaurs of a Feather. Archaeopteryx, found in 1861, was long thought to be the first bird. Then it was recognized as something closer to a dinosaur with feathers ...
Evolution, Biology, charles darwin, Creationism, archaeopteryx
Interesting messages from the Vatican this week, dealing with the interface between science and religion: Evolution fine but no apology to Darwin. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Tuesday the theory of evolution was compatible with the Bible but planned no posthumous apology to Charles Darwin for ...
Religion, catholic church, Vatican, Pope Benedict, Evolution, charles darwin
In 2004, National Geographic ran an excellent piece by David Quammen exploring an important issue: Was Darwin Wrong? Evolution is both a beautiful concept and an important one, more crucial nowadays to human welfare, to medical science, and to our understanding of the world than ever before. It’s also ...
LGF, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science, Religion, Creationism, Darwinism, charles darwin, Darwin
I agree with Olivia Judson; it’s long past time to get rid of Darwinism. I’d like to abolish the insidious terms Darwinism, Darwinist and Darwinian. They suggest a false narrowness to the field of modern evolutionary biology, as though it was the brainchild of a single person 150 years ...
LGF, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science, Religion, Creationism, Darwinism, charles darwin