Evolution News

Evolution Mandatory In British Schools

The Brits do this while the religious right smacks lead pipes into our kid’s ankles, intellectually.

Hero Of The Day: Origin Of Stupidity

This young lady is great.

America Needs To Start Listening More To Its Scientists

Listen harder, folks.
‘Nearly all scientists (97%) say humans and other living things have evolved over time,’ while only 61% of the public agrees, according to a new report (PDF, p. 37) from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. Asked which comes closer to their view, ‘Humans and other living things have [...]

Creationists At Anti-Evolution Discovery Institute Try To Censor Web Video

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Science Teacher Fail

Science teachers really shouldn’t trot out nonsense to try and attack evolution in class. God!

If You’re Against Evolution, Take Your Kids Out Of School

Because you’re simply teaching your kids to make life tough for teachers and disrupt the learning of others. God. (via)

Florida Anti-Evolution Education Bills Dead

For a while, at least, some of the kids in Florida have a shot at a non-stupid science education.

When I Moved From Florida It Got Dumber, Now It Is Even Worse

The legislature down there in America’s appendage passed a bill that calls for the theory of evolution (caution: may contain science-like material) to be downgraded to just contradictory noise in order to allow creationism based “intelligent design” into the classroom.
This reminds me of why I dislike Florida so.

“Expelled” Is A Fraud

Not only is the anti-evolution film intellectually shallow, the film is also guilty of intellectual property theft.

Ben Sten’s “Expelled” Is Denier’s Paradise

There are actual stupid people who take the rantings of the evolution deniers seriously. This is a movie for them.
In the new science-bashing movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, Ben Stein and the rest of the filmmakers sincerely and seriously argue that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution paved the way for the Holocaust. By “seriously,” I [...]