News tagged with teaching of evolution

Stark warning emerges from science summit

A stark theme emerged from an annual scientific get-together in Vancouver: the world must be helped to believe in science again or it could be too late to save our planet.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (32) | comments 114

Texas Ed Board compromises on evolution materials

(AP) -- The Texas State Board of Education gave final approval to supplemental high school science materials on Friday, delivering a blow to the board's social conservatives after a brief flare-up over some ...

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created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Science setback for Texas schools

After three all-day meetings and a blizzard of amendments and counter-amendments, the Texas Board of Education cast its final vote Friday on state science standards. The results weren't pretty.

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created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 15

Texas board hears testimony on science standards

(AP) -- Tensions over the teaching of evolution are simmering as the State Board of Education begins the final stretch in the process of adopting new classroom science curriculum standards.

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created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Houston museum unveils $85 million dinosaur hall

(AP) -- Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal: all fossilized evidence that this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died in childbirth.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Mapping the genomes of crocodiles and alligators -- It's not for the faint of heart

(Phys.org) -- David Ray never turns his back on his research, and with good reason! "If it can't bite you, it's not interesting," he jokes.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Social Security's IT system could benefit by joining the cloud, scientist says

The Social Security Administration (SSA) should restructure its already massive information technology (IT) systems so they can be readily scaled up, much like the systems used by Google and Amazon, William L. Scherlis, professor ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Earth's sister in the crosshairs

Earth’s sister is out there, somewhere, and scientists searching for planets that may support life believe they are closing in on finding just that.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 11

Tennessee opens door to creationism in public schools

A law to allow public school teachers to challenge the scientific consensus on issues like climate change and evolution will soon take effect in the southern US state of Tennessee.

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (7) | comments 200

Tennessee seeks to question evolution in bill

US conservative Christians and science advocates are clashing again, this time in Tennessee over a bill that would allow debate in public schools over theories like evolution.

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created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 185

Study shows that religious people are better at understanding that small sacrifices lead to big rewards

Delayed gratification: People who are good at overcoming their immediate impulses to take small rewards now — in favor of larger rewards down the road — do better in many areas of life, including academic achievement, ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Study: Conservatives' trust in science has fallen dramatically since mid-1970s

While trust in science remained stable among people who self-identified as moderates and liberals in the United States between 1974 and 2010, trust in science fell among self-identified conservatives by more than 25 percent ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 77

Evolution revolution

Developments in evolutionary biology have a significant impact on the way we look at the world and ourselves in it, according to a conservation scientist who will be speaking on the subject at Cambridge University’s ...

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

O/OREOS nanosatellite success in orbit

NASA’s Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses (O/OREOS) nanosatellite has successfully carried microorganisms to a high-inclination, low-Earth orbit and monitored the effects of the space environment ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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