Category Archives: science education

Why America Lacks a Scientific Conversation

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Why America Lacks a Scientific Conversation”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The science is in, and Chris Mooney’s politicization hypothesis is real. Conservatives, especially evangelicals, are less apt to accept scientific evidence than they were 40 years ago. This trend has been driven … Continue reading →

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White House Science Fair

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “White House Science Fair”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailPresident Obama deserves accolades for promoting science and math this way. The best part of this is his hands-on approach, never talking down to the kids but engaging them in a conversation that lets … Continue reading →

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Creationism Is Child Abuse

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Creationism Is Child Abuse”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBroadcast by BBC1 in March, this moment from an interfaith panel show highlights two important points I’ve covered in this blog: (1) the question isn’t what you believe, but whether that belief is adaptive … Continue reading →

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Carbon Nanotubes

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Carbon Nanotubes”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailYour clothes will now be electrified. Your t-shirt will change according to your mood, set from your handheld device. Mark my words.

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CERN Announcement: It’s Official, LHC is Most Powerful

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “CERN Announcement: It’s Official, LHC is Most Powerful”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailCERN issued a press release this morning to announce that the Large Hadron Collider is officially the world’s most powerful atom-smasher, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an … Continue reading →

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Sex Ex Abstinence

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Sex Ex Abstinence”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailOnce in a while, two stories hit the news together and you wonder why they aren’t being told as one by the media. Today, those two stories are the birth of Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston … Continue reading →

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Creationist Biology

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Creationist Biology”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailOMFG. Tonight is a busy night, but I have to share this: I went to my daughter’s parent-teacher conferences today and discovered that her Biology teacher is a rabid creationist. She teaches the standard methodology of … Continue reading →