Ed. A couple of weeks ago, The AVE published a story from OSU claiming that the University was silencing students because of the scientific claims of their father, a climate change denialist. The image from the right is of an academic establishment mimicking the Roman Church’s persecution [...]
Posts Tagged ‘biology’
January 25th, 2011 - 3:12 pm § in Religion
Knowledge NOT a Criterion in Faculty Searches?
The University of Kentucky has settled a lawsuit by a failed faculty applicant. The applicant, Martin Gaskell, for a position in Astronomy was turned down, supposedly because Dr. Gaskell is a professed Christian. Dr. Glaskell claims he is not a creationist and does accept the modern physical vie[...]
December 22nd, 2010 - 5:01 pm § in Misc.
Missing Link Found! Neanderthals Persist and Believe in Creationism!
The tip of a girl’s ’s finger from a cave in Siberia’s Altai Mountains says the neanderthal genome lives on! see Nature Now what will our friends the creationists do? and what is there about the French and the Han having a common ancestor? In the meantime: “PRINCETON, NJ — Four[...]
December 3rd, 2010 - 10:49 am § in Misc.
Hype, Splash and Scientific Journals
NASA announced they had found a new kind of life . This kind of hype is all too common even in the most prestigious scientific journals. Nature and Science, sitting on top of the prestige heap, both give too much priority to splash and even publish work that less political journals reject. Publi[...]
Sci Fi Museum Founder Funds Science.
Paul Allen, sometimes seen as the Tonto to Bill Gates, has a vision of his own but .. what a difference! Where Gates is building the Gates Foundation as an awesome, multi billion dollar heritage, Allan continues to spent much smaller amounts on eclectic, perhaps Quixotic monuments. The latest [...]