On AlterNet: evolution

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "evolution"

Doomed To Repeat It: Is Tennessee's New "Monkey Law" Just Scopes All Over Again?

Glenn Branch, National Center for Science Education. April 26, 2012.

The Volunteer State has set itself up for a replay of its 1926 Scopes Monkey Trial humiliation. And the ACLU attorney who won Kitzmiller v. Dover can't wait.

Tennessee Skewers Teaching of Evolution in Schools — Is Your State Next?

Katherine Stewart, AlterNet. April 14, 2012.

Thanks to ALEC, the Volunteer State has adopted a law intended to undermine the teaching of evolution in public schools. Just don't expect them to stop there.

10 Interesting Things the World Learned This Week

Liz Langley, AlterNet. April 12, 2012.

Cool discoveries about music, Leonardo da Vinci and America's wolf population.

Creationists to Cancer Patients: Drop Dead

Leslie Brunetta, Concord Monitor. February 15, 2012.

Creationists want to tell school kids that evolution is just an opinion. One cancer survivor explains why this is so dangerous.

How Science Has Become Taboo for Republicans Seeking the White House

AFPDecember 30, 2011.

The importance of the ultra-conservative vote, championed by a religious, anti-evolution electorate, is not lost on the contenders seeking their party's nod to face Obama.

Happy Birthday, Bill Hicks: Why We Can Still Learn From, And Laugh At, The Great Critic and Comedian

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. December 20, 2011.

Hicks was one of America's best stand-up comics, but also established himself as an insightful critic of American politics and mainstream culture.

Why the Anti-Science Creationist Movement Is So Dangerous

Adam Lee, AlterNet. September 8, 2011.

They want to wipe out all the findings of hundreds of years of scientific investigation and have taken to schools, the courts and political leaders to get things done.

Rick Perry: Gaffe-Prone Hick or Crafty Pol?

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 4, 2011.

He's an unabashedly right-wing, cowboy-boot-wearing, twang-talkin' and farm-bred kind of a fella. But that doesn't mean he's stupid. Call it smarts -- cowboy smarts.

17-Year-Old Challenges Michele Bachmann on Law Allowing Creationism To Be Taught In Public School Science Classes

Allison Kilkenny, AlterNet. May 28, 2011.

"Louisiana students can't compete with kids across the country and around the world if we're not being taught evolution," said Zack Kopplin, 17.

The End (of Religion) Is Near, Scientists Say

Louis Ruprecht, Religion Dispatches. April 27, 2011.

Scientists often have a funny way of talking about religion.

Good Food Is Emerging as a Real Alternative to the Dominance of Corporate Agriculture

Grace Lee Boggs, AlterNet. September 13, 2010.

This good food evolution has usually been started by grassroots individuals who grew up in rural communities and now live in cities.

Your Bedroom Isn't That Different Than a Caveman's

Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. August 9, 2010.

Researchers find evolutionary logic behind the way we lay out our bedrooms.

Why 'Life Had To Have Been Designed' Is a Terrible Justification for God's Existence

Greta Christina, AlterNet. March 13, 2010.

This is the most common justification people have for why god exists. To those people, I say: You really need to study evolution a little more carefully.

The "Creation Museum": A National Joke

PZ Myers, Pharyngula. January 23, 2010.

A good take-down is a thing of beauty.

Washed-Up Actor Leads Cause to Distribute Christianized Version of Darwin's Evolution Theory

Randy Olson, Island Press. October 29, 2009.

Attempting to subvert the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking 'Origin of the Species,' 50,000 copies will be handed out.

Is Darwin Film "Creation" Too Controversial for American Audiences?

Steven Guess, Comment Is Free. September 23, 2009.

Only 39 percent of Americans believe in evolution. How long can we protect our mythologies?

Christian Groups Block Showing of Darwin Movie in U.S.?

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. September 14, 2009.

A film about Charles Darwin that is being shown throughout the world can't find a U.S. distributor.

Kansas School District Bans T-Shirts Depicting Evolution

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. August 31, 2009.

"I don't think evolution should be associated with our school," said one parent, who teaches in the district.

Christian Fundamentalists Hawk Crackpot Theories With Dinosaur Robots

Brook Wilensky-Lanford, The Faster Times. August 31, 2009.

Creationist theme parks are filled with paleontological wonders. How do Christian fundamentalists reconcile creatures millions of years old with their Young Earth ideas?

An Evolutionary Biologist Visits the "Creationism Museum"

PZ Myers, Pharyngula. August 11, 2009.

Where guards are ready with tasers to suppress criticism of the museum's loony ideas.

Intelligent Design's Latest Sneaky Assault on Science

Matt Zeitlin, Campus Progress. July 22, 2009.

One of the architects behind the unscientific intelligent design movement is finding success in referencing its greatest enemy: Charles Darwin.

Intelligent Design Proponent Makes Another Stupid Argument

PZ Myers, July 16, 2009.

Stephen Meyer is arguing that Thomas Jefferson supported ID. Actually, Jefferson was dead when Darwin came up with his theory of evolution.

Evolutionary Biology Is Over ... it Was Fun While it Lasted

PZ Myers, Pharyngula. June 24, 2009.

Sad days for the reality-based set.

BBC Spreads Creationism Myths

PZ Myers, June 15, 2009.

A BBC article takes the creationist "museum" way too seriously.

On Darwin's 200th Birthday, Only 39% of Americans Believe in Evolution

Matt Corley, ThinkProgress. February 12, 2009.

A quarter say they do not believe in the theory, and 36 percent don’t have an opinion either way.