Exploring the caves of southwestern Germany, archaeologists have uncovered some amazing artifacts of early human culture. Last May, a so-called “Venus” figurine dating 35,000 years old is the earliest known representation of the female figure — well, okay, not a figure most women would recognize, but we should grant the out-sized proportions whatever artistic license [...]

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Ten years ago the medical journal Lancet published a study (subsequently referred to as the “Wakefield article” after its principal author) reporting a link between MMR vaccines and autism, launching a controversy based on bad science that, in turn, continues to discourage fearful parents from having their children properly vaccinated and to contribute to a [...]

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From The Chronicle of Higher Education: One in eight teachers said they taught creationism as a “valid scientific alternative to Darwinian explanations for the origin of species,” reports a team led by Michael B. Berkman, a professor of political science at Pennsylvania State University at University Park. The survey results,PLoS Biology on Monday, also reveal [...]

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As reported in the NY Times, geologists have discovered through improved uranium-lead dating that the Grand Canyon is 11 million years older than previously estimated. Someone should tell the BushAdmin, which currently forbids Park Service employees from commenting on the age of the canyon out of deference for Young Earth Creationists. Indeed, the Grand Canyon [...]

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