A skeptical inquiry into abortion

I know this is a hot topic more prone to emotion than critical thought but if I have these questions then there have to be others that have these questions as well.  My questions or doubts revolve around whether abortion is moral or not. I know, I know as a good liberal I’m supposed to [...]

Susan Haack and the value of science

Point of Inquiry has a new interview. This one is with Susan Haack about the value of science and whether science and religion are compatible.
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Teacher don’t preach

Hard to think what this guys was thinking, Oregon Biology Teacher Fired Over Bible References, but it’s good someone was looking over his shoulder.
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How very Total Recall

Mars Pole Holds Enough Ice to Flood Planet, Radar Study Shows explores our next door neighbor’s ice reserves.
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Hair-brained ideas

Cool article, Crazy-Sounding Ideas May Help Combat Global Warming, detailing some of the various ways people are trying to combat global climate change.
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Can you buy one on eBay?

Now how to mass produce something like this, His energy bill is $0.00.
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The beginning of morality

EvolutionBlog has a review of a New York Times article dealing with the origins of morality.
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Dembski doesn’t get it

Great post over at ScienceBlogs about a recent post by William Dembski on Uncommon Descent apparently finding the shocking revelation that Darwin made racist comments and therefore is unable to contribute any scientific thought.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Scientific Mind

Interesting review of a movie, Sunshine, that’s about man’s efforts to help our ailing star.
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Breaking News: Politicians manipulate climate data

Oh so snarky (or is that Farky). Anyway, New Scientist is running an article, US fudging of climate science - details revealed, that details the Bush Administrations manipulation of climate data to “minimise the significance of climate change”.
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