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STEM Education = Scientific Success

Elizabeth Marincola | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Scientific Research, White House, Stem, Education, Intel ISEF, National Assessment of Educational Programs, Francis Collins, Jobs, Science, Finland, Congress, Canada, Science Technology and Innovation Committee, China, National Institutes of Health, Education News

Yesterday I watched as the world's top young high school scientists, researchers and innovators took home more than $3 million in awards. Each of these competing students are a force for profound good.

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Rebuilding The Evangelical Mind Requires Courage

Karl Giberson, Ph.D | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Fundamentalism, Francis Collins, Christian Fundamentalism, Evolution, Evangelicals, Biola, Christianity, Evangelical Christianity, Religion News

Evangelical Christians have been shedding their "fundamentalist baggage" and reclaiming a place within deeper traditions of Christian learning and at the table of American cultural life.

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Tom Friedman and Steve Jobs: Situational Versus Sustainable Values

Brent Green | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: The Greatest Generation, Steve Jobs, Thomas Friedman, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Cunningham, Fareed Zakaria GPS, Francis Collins, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, G.I. Generation, Richard Russo, Baby Boomers, Craig Venter, The New York Times, Brent Green, Fifty News

We may be experiencing difficult times, but our problems run deeper and wider than the actions or non-actions of a single generation.

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Why Evangelicals Are Fooled Into Accepting Pseudoscience

Karl Giberson, Ph.D | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Francis Collins, Climate Change, Discovery Institute, Evangelicals, Evangelicals and Climate Change, Christianity and Evolution, Religion and Science, Christianity, Christianity and Science, Evangelicals and Science, Religion News

So why have evangelicals been so ready to reject the generally accepted conclusions of the scientific community on climate change? It has nothing to do with climate science per se.

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Changing The Language Of Science And Faith

Karl Giberson, Ph.D | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rachel Evans, Biologos, Al Mohler, Francis Collins, Discovery Institute, Evolution, Ken Ham, Language of Science and Faith, Waltke, Religion and Science, Religion News

Christians in the conversation about origins are invested in their positions and perceive that much is at stake for their faith. But there is much more that is not at stake for their faith.

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Darwinism And The Problem Of Evil

Michael Ruse | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Atheists, Science Religion, Karl Giberson, Religion Science, The Language of Science and Faith, Francis Collins, Natural Selection, Sam Harris, Darwinism, Evolution, Morality, Evil, Richard Dawkins, Darwin, Religion and Science, Religion News

I am not sure that the problem of evil can be solved. I am with the chap in the Brothers Karamazov who said that even if everything is good in the end, the cost is not worth it.

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America's Ongoing War on Evolution: A Christian's Lament

Karl Giberson, Ph.D | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Biologos Foundation, Intelligent Design, Francis Collins, Karl Giberson, Religion Science, Evolution Debate, Creationism, Human Evolution, Eugenie Scott, Faith and Evolution, Theory of Evolution, Religion and Science, Language of Science and Faith, Religion News

Anti-evolution in America is big business. Polls reveal widespread opposition to evolution in America that shows no sign of abating

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Is There a Genie in the Genome?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Francis Collins, Lifestyle, Nature vs Nurture, Epigenetics, Katz, Healthy, Diet, Genomics, Human Genome, Health, Disease, Nutrition, Exercise, Dr. David Katz, Genetics, Tobacco, News, Conditions, Home News

My own hope for genomic advances lingers. But at its best, that hope was and is a small flicker in comparison to the luminous promise of lifestyle.

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Why It's So Hard for Scientists to Believe in God

Big Think | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Science Religion, Religion Science, Francis Collins, Religion News

Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health interviewed on faith and science: Faith in its perspective is really asking a differ...

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10 Books to Read in 2010

Daniel Krotz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Berryville, Michale Pollan, Francis Collins, Larry McMurtry, Arkansas, John Irving, Kathleen Norris, Daniel Krotz, Daniel Woodrell, Donald Harington, Books News

While we wait for the final verdict on the future of print, take a look at the following ten books that I read and enjoyed in 2009. They'll still be around for you to enjoy in 2010.

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NIH Director Francis Collins Blames Resignation Of Top Health Official From Autism Panel On "Tension And Lack Of Trust"

David Kirby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Francis Collins, Health, Ninds, Autism, Story Landis, Scientific Study, Nih, Nimh, Vaccines, Healthy Living News

Dr. Landis resigned from the IACC on Saturday after the Age of Autism blog published handwritten notes - assumed to be written by Dr. Landis - speculating on the motives of an autism mother and IACC member.

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NIH OKs First Stem Cell Lines On Tax-Paid Research

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Francis Collins, Children's Hospital, Stem Cell Research, Nih, Embryonic Stem Cells, National Institutes of Health, Stem Cell Lines, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Scientists can start using taxpayer dollars to do research with 13 batches of embryonic stem cells and the government says dozens m...

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Obama Awards National Technology, Science Medals

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Warnock, Charles Geschke, Obama, Adobe Cofounders, Adobe, Adobe Systems, Adobe Award, National Medal of Science, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, National Medal of Technology, Joanna Fowler, Francis Collins, Berni Alder, Technology News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama linked scientific discovery to helping the struggling economy Wednesday as he honored those who invented bat...

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Practicing Science -- With or Without Religion?

Dan Agin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Deism, Religion, Science, Atheism, Scientists, National Academy of Sciences, Francis Collins, Thomas Paine, Biology, Darwinism, Evolution, Richard Dawkins, Healthy Living News

The problem for the working scientist is that the essence of science is a self-conscious and mandatory objectivity -- which means dogma and doctrine are essentially antithetical.

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Francis Collins and the Challenge of the NIH

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Science, Politics, Francis Collins, National Institute of Health, Health, Barack Obama, Politics News

Dr. Collins has an unparalleled perspective on the nature of genetics and genomics, subjects that are the basis of a powerful new paradigm fueling collaborations among medical researchers.

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Francis Collins, Obama's Pick For NIH Chief

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is choosing an influential scientist who helped unravel the human genetic code _ and is known for finding co...

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Win a Trip to Davos

Susan Sawyers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership, President, Switzerland, Francis Collins, Young Global Changemakers, Davos, Bill George, Social Networking, Science, The Davos Debates, Obama, Emma Thompson, Bono, World Economic Forum, Civil Rights, Naomi Campbell, Financial Crisis, World News

The person who submits the best video will be invited, all expenses paid, to attend the annual Davos meeting as a "citizen reporter" and post coverage of the discussions on YouTube.

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