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Scientific Literacy

Young Earth Creationism Is A Threat To American Survival

Karl Giberson, Ph.D | Posted 01.27.2013 | Religion
Read More: Evolution, Creationism, Marco Rubio, Age of the Earth, Religion and Politics, Religion and Science, Scientific Literacy, Young Earth Creationism, Science Education, Religion News
Karl Giberson, Ph.D

We should be worrying about the more than 100 million Americans who think the earth is 10,000 years old and trying to figure out how that happened. Marco Rubio is simply an expression of that large problem.

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Gen-Xers Shockingly Ignorant About Astronomy, Report Reveals

Posted 10.23.2012 | Science
Read More: Generation X Milky Way, Spiral Galaxy, Video, Scientific Literacy, Astronomy, Milky Way, Space, Genx Milky Way, Science News

By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor Published: 10/23/2012 10:42 AM EDT on LiveScience Identifying your home or street from a Google E...

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Higgs' 'God Particle' Nickname Fuels Twitter Firestorm

Posted 07.09.2012 | Science
Read More: Higgs Discovery, God Particle, Video, Scientific Literacy, Science Literacy, Physics, God Particle Discovery, Higgs Boson, Higgs Boson Discovery, Slideexpand, Twitter Reactions, Higgs Reactions, Science News

Physics fans went wild over this week's announcement that scientists at CERN had discovered a particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson. Bu...

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We Are All Scientists

Cara Santa Maria | Posted 01.05.2012 | Home
Read More: Observation, Exploration, Science, Theory, Scientific Literacy, Skepticism, Talk Nerdy to Me, Nature, Home News
Cara Santa Maria

I have no expectation that every man, woman, and child should strive to become a professional scientist. But I do have every expectation that every man, woman, and child should strive to become more scientifically literate.

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The Brain Is Not an Explanation

Wray Herbert | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Brain Scanning, Neuroscience, Scientific Literacy, Media, Brain, Fmri, Imagery, Brain Imaging, Brain Research, Science, Healthy Living News
Wray Herbert

Consumers of science prefer simple messages and have heightened confidence in biological evidence to explain behavior. That may be human nature, but scientists should be careful not to play into these pervasive biases.

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Can You Speak Science? A Primer from a Priest

Gareth Harris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Religion Science, Scientific Understanding, Scientific Literacy, Science Understanding, Science Literacy, Science Education, Science Knowledge, Education, Religion News
Gareth Harris

I am going to suggest four things in hard science you can learn to get started. Pick one and dive in. It won't hurt, and it might be fun.

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Improving Science Education by Ignoring Evolution? Absurd!

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Irreducible Complexity, Michael Zimmerman, Teacher Education, Discovery Institute, Pseudoscience, Science Literacy, Young Earth Creationism, Evolution Creationism, Science Education, Science and Religion, Evolution/Creation Controversy, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Scientific Literacy, National Research Council, Creation/Evolution Controversy, Evolution, Answers in Genesis, Creation Evolution Debate, Michael Behe, Creationism Evolution, Religion News
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.

Studies continue to show that U.S. students' science literacy is very poor. The science curriculum advanced by creationist organizations make an already bad situation far worse.

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