Plead the First

Lately I’ve been thinking about conservative Christian support for President Bush and for Republicans in general, and I must admit that I find it a bit confusing. Why do conservative Christians like Bush so much? One reason may be that he’s a Christian too. That’s fine, however it should be noted that being a Christian […]

I’ve added a new feature at the top of the sidebar: The “Recently Commented” section will list the three most recently commented upon posts, along with who made the most recent comment and the time that it was made. This should let readers quickly see if anything has changed on a post in which they […]

Einstein’s famous equation is relatively old: In 1905, it was final proof of the genius and imagination of a young German-born scientist who had yet to land a university post. … Einstein showed in a handful of lines that as you accelerate an object, it not only gets faster, it also gets heavier. That in […]

It seems that in at least one case our government’s restrictions on stem cell research are causing scientists to pursue their research in other countries: Two government biologists heavily recruited by Stanford University have decided to work in Singapore instead, saying they will face fewer restrictions on stem cell research overseas. …Copeland and Jenkins are […]

As I’ve mentioned before, there isn’t any real scientific controversy about Intelligent Design. The conflict is totally legal and political, cooked up by ID advocates because there’s little to no scientific merit to ID arguments. In October, there was a forum titled “Science Wars,” sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, and something Ken Miller said […]

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Aetiology has a real world example of how evolutionary theory is being used in medical research into bacterial resistance to antibiotics: Peptide antibiotics have not yet been used clinically to treat human infections, but imagine if they had gone into widespread use without a thought given to the evolution of resistance to these peptides. Imagine […]

The simple fact of Pat Robertson rebuking the citizens of Dover, PA for ousting Intelligent Design-supporting school board members is ridiculous enough, but it turns out that Robertson is even more clueless than I originally thought. In his rebuke, Robertson said, “I’d like to say to the good citizens of Dover: if there is a […]

David Boyd blogs about Richard Miniter’s book, Disinformation, which purports to explore media myths and misinformation about Iraq’s (nonexistent) WMDs. There’s a good discussion going on in the comments there, so check it out.