John Lynch

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• And while you were away … | 02/04/2012

  It’s been nearly seven months since I last posted. For much of that time I was busy as one of the authors of The State of State Science Standards 2012. While I was away, my review of Wiker and Witt’s A Meaningful World appeared in Reports of the National Center for Science Education [pdf]. As [...]

• Status update | 07/12/2011

  Things have been monumentally quiet here over the past year (only 38 posts, and most of those trivial), largely because I have been busy but also because I’ve been thinking about this whole blogging thing. At least for the short term, most of my blogging energy will be devoted to the group history and philosophy [...]

• Book Review: Richard Owen. Biology Without Darwin | 07/08/2011

  Nicolass Rupke. Richard Owen: Biology without Darwin. xxiv + 344pp., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. $29.00, (paper). The Natural History Museum in London recently unveiled its Darwin Center, the most significant expansion of the Museum since it opened at its present site in 1881. Instrumental to the original formation of the Museum was Sir [...]

• Texas | 06/18/2011

  I’m traveling for another few weeks but I just stopped in to note that the Texas anti-evolution bill has died. This means a total of nine defeats for the anti-evolutionists. Filed under: Anti-evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

• Missouri | 05/14/2011

  The Missouri anti-evolution bill (HB 195) is now dead. That only leaves Texas still in play. Another fantastically successful year for the DI and their minions. Filed under: Anti-evolution, Science Education

• Tennessee & Florida | 04/21/2011

  Update (5/10): Florida is dead as well. NCSE is reporting that the two anti-evolution bills in Tennessee are effectively “on hold” until next year. To summarize so far: Florida SB 1854 - dead Missouri HB 195 Texas HB 2454 Tennessee SB 893 and HB 368 – both on hold Oklahoma SB 554 and HB 1551 – both dead New Mexico HB 302 – dead Kentucky HB 169 - [...]

• Louisiana | 04/19/2011

  In 2008 Louisiana passed the “Louisiana Science Education Act,” marking the only legislative success that creationists have had in recent times. The bill claimed that “the teaching of some scientific subjects, such as biological evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and human cloning, can cause controversy, and that some teachers may be unsure [...]

• Monday Mustelid | 04/18/2011

  Filed under: Monday Mustelid

• Friday Fox | 04/15/2011

  Filed under: Carnivores

• Friday Fox | 04/08/2011

  Must have lost his car keys in the snow … Filed under: Carnivores