On the 28 June, The Science Education Act was passed as law in the State of Louisiana. This piece of legislature now allows teachers in this US state to present non-scientific alternatives to evolution, global warming and cloning – including ideas related to intelligent design. Opponents fear that Louisiana teachers are now free to present evolution and other targeted topics as matters of debate rather than broadly accepted science, and could have national implications. picked by bingo 1 year ago tags evolution Louisiana science legislature |
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They call it resuscitation science. It's a new area of research at the University of Pennsylvania, where a Center for Resuscitation Science opened less than a year ago, and where the line between life and death is shifting. picked by deepchill 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share science |
Think you know a thing or two about science? Take our short quiz to determine if you'd pass an 8th grade science test. picked by 2longdogs 2 years ago 12 comments edit related share plime.com |
A standing offer of $250,000 to anyone who can give any empirical evidence (scientific proof) for evolution.* My $250,000 offer demonstrates that the hypothesis of evolution is nothing more than a religious belief. picked by eastcoast1978 11 months ago 11 comments edit related share science |
A fellow Plimate, Snocrash, has a website called Homebrewed Science that you might find interesting. 2 comments edit related share scienceIt is a new community that encourages discussion and experimentation on science projects you can do at home. Read it for enjoyment, read it for education, check it out today. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago |
The theory of evolution provides humankind with more than just a scientific narrative of life’s origins and progression. It also yields invaluable technologies. Understanding of evolution is fostering powerful technologies for health care, law enforcement, ecology, and all manner of optimization and design problems picked by muppet 12 months ago 1 comments edit related share science |
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In a major defeat for social conservatives, a sharply divided State Board of Education voted Thursday to abandon a longtime state requirement that high school science teachers cover what some critics consider to be "weaknesses" in the theory of evolution. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share world |
... in UK science lessons. 2 comments edit related share plime.com'Teachers should take the time to explain why creationism had no scientific basis, Professor Michael Reiss said.' picked by Antt 1 year ago |
An interesting article about a science teacher's efforts to teach evolution to Florida students who do not believe in it. picked by MayhemIsBeautiful 1 year ago 57 comments edit related share science |
Some of Bush's policies held value which was debatable. One that didn't was his administration's disdain for science. Obama's promise to bring back science to its rightful place was music to many ears. Many feel that science should be placed on a pedestal. But why? What is it about science that is so important? It isn't just what nifty gadgets it can provide. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago 3 comments edit related share science |
Previously we heard Obama's answers to 14 of the top science questions facing Americans. Here are McCain's answers. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share politics |
By 2010, Asia will have 90 percent of the world’s Ph.D. scientists and engineers. Today, when science is more important then ever, the US has fallen far behind. How can we recitfy this? Adam Savage has a few ideas. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago 9 comments edit related share science |
Do you know you can Hypnotize Chickens, you can have an erection once dead?...Stuff you may not have known about science and some of the crazy things you can do, things your body is capable of doing that you may not have known. picked by cjmei 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Presidential candidates answers to the top 14 science questions facing America. First up is Obama's answers. McCain's to follow. Also check out the rest of the site picked by bernardblack 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share politics |
Pope Benedict, elaborating his views on evolution for the first time as Pontiff, says science has narrowed the way life's origins are understood and Christians should take a broader approach to the question. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Sure there are kids that don't take the science fair seriously and end up feeding Mountain Dew to a plant for 30 days to see what happens (yay science!), but there are also kids that go well above and beyond. Here are 10 that won with extremely brainy projects that have real world applications. picked by bingo 8 months ago 9 comments edit related share plime.com |
Here is a great video series about the serious mistakes that creationists make when trying to characterize evolution, or science in general. Links to the rest of the series are in the first two comments. picked by Hypersapien 11 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
ALI G, played by Sacha Baron Cohen (AKA Borat), talks about things with serious people such as Kent Hovind. Also here is a great interview with Posh and Becks: picked by spocksmyhomeboy 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Nonsensical but Humorous: 2 comments edit related share plime.com* Because I’m too stupid and/or lazy to open a f**king book or turn on the Discovery Science Channel. * Because my mother didn’t know not to drink while she was pregnant. She also didn’t know not to repeatedly throw herself down a flight of stairs in an attempt to undo the accident of screwing someone who voted for Bush both times. picked by tgkprog 9 months ago |
What happens when you have physics and chemistry professors teach grade school science classes? A whole lot of fun. picked by LSOjunkie 2 years ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
More than half of British adults think that intelligent design and creationism should be taught alongside evolution in school science lessons – a proportion higher than in the US. 8 comments edit related share plime.comI'm really struggling with believing this, in my own country too! Well with the recent success of the BNP, this shouldn't surprise me. C'mon Brits, what's wrong with you?! picked by Dontgivethedogchoccy 1 month ago |